Re: [ProofPower] How do you arrange Xpp?
Thanks to Mark and Artur for their feedback. We have one vote each way, so for the time being I won't change this. People like Mark with smallish screens should be aware that the window menu now has a Show/Hide Journal item as well as Show/Hide Script. Even when I using a big screen, I use these a lot when I am doing proofs (I set PPLINELENGTH so that ProofPower formats things to use the full width of the journal window when the script window is hidden). What I may do in a forthcoming version is add a toggle geometry item to the window menu so that the horizontal/vertical distinction can be made dynamically. Regards, Rob. On 22 Jul 2011, at 16:03, Mark wrote: 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 r...@lemma-one.com 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 Proofpower@lemma-one.com http://lemma-one.com/mailman/listinfo/proofpower_lemma-one.com ___ Proofpower mailing list Proofpower@lemma-one.com http://lemma-one.com/mailman/listinfo/proofpower_lemma-one.com
Re: [ProofPower] How do you arrange Xpp?
I meant to add that I always use horizontal mode, so that would have got my vote as Mark predicted! A dynamic toggle would be very useful, I think. Phil On 27/07/11 13:37, Rob Arthan wrote: Thanks to Mark and Artur for their feedback. We have one vote each way, so for the time being I won't change this. People like Mark with smallish screens should be aware that the window menu now has a Show/Hide Journal item as well as Show/Hide Script. Even when I using a big screen, I use these a lot when I am doing proofs (I set PPLINELENGTH so that ProofPower formats things to use the full width of the journal window when the script window is hidden). What I may do in a forthcoming version is add a toggle geometry item to the window menu so that the horizontal/vertical distinction can be made dynamically. Regards, Rob. On 22 Jul 2011, at 16:03, Mark wrote: 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 r...@lemma-one.com mailto:r...@lemma-one.com 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 Proofpower@lemma-one.com mailto:Proofpower@lemma-one.com http://lemma-one.com/mailman/listinfo/proofpower_lemma-one.com ___ Proofpower mailing list Proofpower@lemma-one.com http://lemma-one.com/mailman/listinfo/proofpower_lemma-one.com ___ Proofpower mailing list Proofpower@lemma-one.com http://lemma-one.com/mailman/listinfo/proofpower_lemma-one.com
Re: [ProofPower] How do you arrange Xpp?
Dear Rob, I use the same settings you sent. It would be useful, at least for me, to have these as default. Thank you very much indeed. Best wishes, Artur On 22 July 2011 15:10, Rob Arthan r...@lemma-one.com 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 Proofpower@lemma-one.com http://lemma-one.com/mailman/listinfo/proofpower_lemma-one.com -- Artur Oliveira Gomes ___ Proofpower mailing list Proofpower@lemma-one.com http://lemma-one.com/mailman/listinfo/proofpower_lemma-one.com
