> From: Hughes, Bill > Sent: 02 October 2003 16:02 From: Igor Pechtchanski > >On Thu, 2 Oct 2003, Linda W. wrote: > > ..snip.. > > > > What's wrong with a resizable > > > window? I really don't know -- does it require a Ph.D. to do? I've > > > never done windows programming, so I really don't know, but > is it really > > > that difficult? > > > > Actually, no, a Ph.D. is apparently not enough (I do have one, > and I don't > > understand the intricacies of the interface enough to make that dialog > > properly resizeable). And I *have* done a fair share of > Windows (and GUI) > > programming. Face it: it's just *not that easy*. If it were, someone > > would have implemented it. It might be a good exercise to actually look > > at the code instead of useless complaining. There must be a reason why > > it's been on the setup TODO list next to forever.
Based on earlier postings and Amiga GUI knowledge; I bet that this is all about crunching the correct numbers, it just is a lot of hard work to pinpoint WHICH numbers, and additionally HOW those pinpointed numbers should change for a gui resize. Might very well also depend on how the current GUI has been implemented. If this was done in a way that allows little/none/less dynamic changes, then code has to be 'rebuilt' to some extent. > ...snip... > > > Another place to check is the setup TODO list and WISHLIST in > the README. > > You can either download the setup source package, or check it out on > > > <http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/setup/README?rev= 2.35&cvsroot=cygwin-apps> Err, I've just read the README linked above, and as far as I can see a resizable window isn't on either the TODO list or the wishlist. I must 'defend' Igor here. I've seen it mentioned as beeing on some sort of TODO list, and hinted/implied as beeing worked on. Unless I've totally misunderstood what I've read. Googling on e.g. "setup.exe +resize site:cygwin.com inurl:ml" should turn up quite a few postings WRT this. /Hannu E K Nevalainen, B.Sc. EE - 59°16.37'N, 17°12.60'E -- UTC+01, DST -> UTC+02 -- --END OF MESSAGE-- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
