Re: [MiNT] Edge of the screen

["Helmut Karlowski" <helmut.karlowski@ish.de>]

Peter Slegg, 06.07.2013 19:11:05:

> > You can't "fix" all apps. Consider for example keyedit: It only has 1
> > valid size (try Ctrl-Alt-Cursor for fun).
>
> It doesn't crash, it just doesn't makes sense to make it too small.
> It's user choice and doesn't do any harm.

I didn't mean it crashes but that it reacts at all - I think the author  
wanted to implement resizing, but gave up. I also get some messages in the  
toswin-console from keyedit.

> MyMail doesn't respond the the resize from the keyboard.

It can't be resized by mouse either even though it has the sizer-widget.

> > When a client decides to go over the edge, why prevent it from doing so?
>
> Should an apps windows go off screen and become inaccessible ?
> You could end up with windows open that you are not aware of and
> that could cause some confusion or other problems.

OTOH the app might want this in some weird situation, or think of  
multi-screen. I admit all this is quite exotic, maybe I'll add a check in  
open_window.

> It's a bit like allowing an app to access memory that doesn't belong to  
> it.

As long as it does not draw outside the screen it's no problem.

> > Seems you've found some bugs in XaAES.
>
> I know how long it can take to find issues in this sort of window

Some things always annoyed me a little, but I was too lazy to look at it ;)

> handling so having found the keyboard features I thought I would play.

The best way to find issues sometimes.

> I am good at breaking things :-)

Congratulations!

Hope it works better now in 1.6.3. Tested mainly with toswin2.6/7 and qed.

BTW: If the Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Cursor does not work, then maybe remapping the  
shortcuts as described in xa_help.txt helps, e.g.:

SHIFT+CURSOR-UP#8#

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Helmut Karlowski