I use Xpp in 1-window mode for general text editing, and I also 2-window mode for developing scripts. I want to develop my text with 80-character width, which is the industry standard. Like many, I only have a 1280x800 screen, and so horizontal mode means that the journal window is very squashed up if the script window stays at 80. So I prefer vertical.
I bet Phil is now going to show off about his new, super-hidef screen laptop and suggest horizontal mode... :) Mark. on 22/7/11 3:10 PM, Rob Arthan <[email protected]> wrote: > I nearly always use Xpp with the following settings in > $HOME/app-defaults/Xpp > > Xpp*script.rows: 32 > Xpp*script.columns: 60 > Xpp*script.background: white > Xpp*script.foreground: black > Xpp*journal.rows: 32 > Xpp*journal.columns: 60 > Xpp*namestring.columns: 24 > Xpp*journal.background: light blue > Xpp*journal.foreground: black > Xpp*journal.editable: true > Xpp*mainpanes.orientation: HORIZONTAL > > This differs from the "out of the box" default in laying out the windows > side-by-side and letting you bring up the command dialogue by trying to type > into the journal window. I am tempted to change the default settings to the > above - it looks a bit less like a standard Motif application, but it makes > much better use of modern screens (or at least modern screens that have a > landscape aspect ratio). > > It would be nice to know what other people do before I commit to this > change. So please let me know your preferences. > > Regards, > > Rob. > > > ---------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > Proofpower mailing list > [email protected] > http://lemma-one.com/mailman/listinfo/proofpower_lemma-one.com > > > _______________________________________________ Proofpower mailing list [email protected] http://lemma-one.com/mailman/listinfo/proofpower_lemma-one.com
