Thanks for pointing it out, we'll fix this. On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 2:41 PM, Mike Day <[email protected]> wrote:
> Find Lost and Found! > > Thanks Greg - I tried but it didn't seem to be working. I looked > in regedit but found nothing relevant there. Then I had a > brainwave, looked in ~user/configqt and found a J file > called winpos.dat. > > This looked very fishy: > Fiw=-22947 378 65517 122 > compared to > Fif=55 108 960 529 > ! > > So I changed the Fiw values to something more sensible, > and my missing Find window reappeared. > > This suggests a question - can one configure maximum > (and minimum) allowed values for these parameters? > Presumably the error was inadvertently caused by a > huge search term going in the "search for" field. > > Mike > > > On 14/09/2014 19:48, greg heil wrote: > >> Mike >> >> Like most MS Windows the find window is affected by the "move" command. >>> In particular the Win-Arrow keys move it half a screen. Or one can invoke >>> that menu by Alt-Space and them M, after which the arrow keys move it a >>> pixel. It likely is off screen, so one can blindly move it till it appears. >>> >> greg >> ~krsnadas.org >> >> -- >> >> from: Mike Day <[email protected]> >> to: [email protected] >> date: 14 September 2014 11:10 >> subject: [Jgeneral] Lost "find" window >> >> Running JQT under Windows 8 - details below. >> >> As of yesterday, I think, edit/find or ctrl-f results in new but >>> >> inaccessible windows. Using alt-tab, I can see their >> icons/thumbnails displayed along with those of all active >> windows, but selecting one with alt-tab navigates to another >> active window, not necessarily relevant to J, and certainly >> not the required edit dialog box. Each edit/find or ctrl-f >> results in a new such inaccessible and thereby unusable >> window. >> >> I'm not aware of having changed my J-environment recently, >>> >> except that I restarted my laptop for a Windows 8/Microsoft >> update a few days ago and again this afternoon. This new >> behaviour started after the latest previous windows update >> but before today's most recent update; the update hasn't >> changed it. >> >> I have just now done a jqt update hoping the problem would >> go away, but no luck. >> >> JVERSION >> Engine: j701/2011-01-10/11:25 >> Library: 8.02.12 >> Qt IDE: 1.1.5/5.3.1 >> Platform: Win 64 >> Installer: J802 install >> InstallPath: c:/d/j802 >> >> Any ideas? >> Thanks, >> Mike >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2014.0.4765 / Virus Database: 4015/8210 - Release Date: 09/14/14 >> >> >> > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2014.0.4765 / Virus Database: 4015/8210 - Release Date: 09/14/14 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
