Thanks, Marcel, for the insights! I think there could be a bug in the keyboard driver, as something I did by pressing some keys hung the emulation. (Its been many years since the last crash :) Sadly I have not been able to replicate it. I'll keep trying, though. (Or better still to let Dilwyn loose on it. It must then crash! :D The transparent move mode is very cool ;)
Per On 8 August 2013 15:36, Marcel Kilgus <ql-us...@mail.kilgus.net> wrote: > pjwitte wrote: > > I havent been able to test it before now, and only scantly at that. > > > > My machines now run Windoze 7, either 64bit or 32bit versions. I > > struggled a bit to configure SMSQE, as none of the changes I made to > > it via the QPC configuration screen, nor the MenuConfig application > > seemed to get saved. So after some faffing around, unsure of whether > > Id downloaded the Demo by mistake or what, I figured out the problem > > and a solution. W7 wont allow just any program to make changes to > > files in the Program Files directory. One solution is to copy the > > smsqe.bin file to a harmless temporary folder and update it there > > using MenuConfig, and then move it back to the correct location. > > Yes, that is a problem starting with Windows Vista. The way to do this > properly under Windows is to pull the config information out of SMSQ/E > and put them in an Ini file in the user directory instead (or the > registry, but I don't exactly like the registry). I was not yet ready > to do quite that big of a change... OR save the SMSQ/E file in the > user directory, which is much easier but I don't quite like the idea. > > > Regarding your question about full screen mode [FSM], I prefer FSM on > > my laptops, but find it gets too big and unwieldy on my large display. > > Of course there are limitations/irritations whan using the current > > FSM, such as when using Remote Desktop Connection, and sometimes when > > coming out of sleep mode. FSM gives the feeling of running a real, > > top-notch QL, though, which is why I prefer it. I guess I can learn to > > live without.. > > Well, it's still there and will remain for the time being. Also, there > will always BE a fullscreen mode, it's just the question if the mode > must be able to change the display resolution. The next release will > have an additional experimental fullscreen mode which will illustrate > how that would look like. > > > Therefore my question is: Is it very difficult or a great deal of work > > to make smsqe hibernate? > > SMSQ/E does not know the concept of hibernation and thus, yes, it's > really quite difficult to do. Have been thinking about this on and off > for probably 10 years now, but there is so much internal state to save > and it's so difficult to pull off properly that I really don't see me > implementing this. > > > Whatever the answer to the question above: QPC is still the best QL > > Ive ever had the pleasure of using, so THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MARCEL! > > Thanks YOU :-) > > Cheers, Marcel > > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > > > _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
