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  A real simple one
 
Under windows 95, I've got an application window that's gone missing. That is, I can maximise it, and I can minimise it, but when I do a non maximised restore, it's not there. I think it somehow got either its size set to 0 or its position sent off (...) (24 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: A real simple one
 
(...) Might not work in this case, but this has worked for me before in similar cases: Alt-Tab to the app so it gets focus; then use Alt-Space-S to resize and hold down the Right Arrow key for a second, then the Down Arrow key for a second, then hit (...) (24 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: A real simple one
 
(...) Worked! Thanks. Thanks also for not ranting about how MS was braindead in how they did resize... I think under X you can just go in and modify properties directly to get size and position to change. (...) Good thing the first thing worked as (...) (24 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: A real simple one
 
(...) Keyboard support for almost everything (a highly fortuitous legacy feature left over from Windows 1.0 before mouses) is one of the very few things I *love* about Windows. Alt- to get to any app's menu bar (whether it uses &-underlining in the (...) (24 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: A real simple one
 
(...) Since you brought up Gnome+Enlightenment and keyboard access, maybe someone can help with this. I have one of those keyboards with the Windows icon keys and that other (worthless to me) right-click key. Can I get Gnome's main menu to come up (...) (24 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: A real simple one
 
(...) You can probably start the app from the command line with --geometry... (24 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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