In a recent note, "Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)" said: > Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 12:57:56 -0300 > > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 04/14/2006 > at 02:05 PM, Paul Gilmartin <[log in to unmask]> said: > > >I should be able to grab a window handle with the mouse pointer and > >stretch or squeeze or reproportion the window at will. When I do so > > That would break just about all TSO full screen applications, and > probably CICS as well. I'd rather see an extension[1] to the protocol > that supported dynamic screen sizes for be applications while leaving > existing applications alone. I'd also like to see active support for > WSA. > The support can be introduce progressively, with accommodation by users. For example, for a few years I used a version of VI that was SIGWINCH-naive. It "would break" if I resized its window. I rapidly learned not to resize a window if it had VI running. Easy enough.
The absence of support to exploit a new facility by certain applications, or even a majority of applications, should not be used as an excuse to never provide new functions. Same invalid argument as used against PARM>100 characters -- "Since some programs can use only 100 characters of PARM, no program should be allowed more than 100 characters of PARM"; "Since some applications can't accommodate resizing screens, resizing screens shouldn't be allowed." Someone's got to break the trail. -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
