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Re: A real simple one
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Sat, 25 Mar 2000 15:52:32 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> Todd Lehman wrote:
> > 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 Enter; then use Alt-Space-M and motor around with all four
> > arrow keys, as needed, bring the app back.
> 
> Worked! Thanks. Thanks also for not ranting about how MS was braindead
> in how they did resize...

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 resource table or not) and Alt-Space to get to the
System menu are _very_ nice, IMHO.


> I think under X you can just go in and modify
> properties directly to get size and position to change.

I think that might be a chicken-and-the-egg problem, though?  (At least in
Gnome+Enlightenment, I think it is...  Probably not in all of the upper-layer
GUIs...)  You have to first know where to click to get the app's system menu.

--Todd



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  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 (...) (27 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... (27 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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(...) 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 (...) (27 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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