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Re: Programmatic size adjustment of widgets under Windows vs. UNIX (was "Natural size of explicitly-sized widget") [message #55625 is a reply to message #55624]

Wed, 29 August 2007 15:23

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Jean-Paul Davis writes:

> (Despite calling explicit sizing a bad decision, David
> even admits to doing something like this in <a href="http://
> groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.idl-pvwave/browse_frm/thre ad/
> ae01511f8ae51f49">this post.</a>)

You haven't been reading long. I've never claimed I don't
make bad decisions. On the contrary. That's pretty much
how you become an expert in something, it seems to me. :-)

But, uh, I offer in defense of my opinion that it's
a bad decision to start down this road the rest of your
post. My first thought was "Oh my God, it's even worse
than I remember!"

At the time I started down this path my attitude was
"to hell with the UNIX people, they're used to things
looking like crap anyway." I was just trying to get something
to work on the two flavors of Windows I was running.
I hope your assumption about Motif is correct, because
God help you if it isn't. I do have a pretty good idea
where I am going to put my money, however. (Anybody
want to help us track down the Macintosh numbers, by
the way?)

I'm going to hang onto this post, because from time
to time I have a need to hit my head against a wall
for some reason. This will be a good place to start. :-)

Cheers,

By the way, I am EXTREMELY impressed with all the hard
work here. I'm just amazed that someone would stick with
it after all you have learned. At the very least, you
will be up for some kind of big award at the next IEPA
convention this Fall. :-)

--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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		Re: Programmatic size adjustment of widgets under Windows vs. UNIX (was "Natural size of explicitly-sized widget") By: Craig Markwardt on Sat, 01 September 2007 19:26
		Re: Programmatic size adjustment of widgets under Windows vs. UNIX (was "Natural size of explicitly-sized widget") By: Jean-Paul Davis on Wed, 29 August 2007 16:44
		Re: Programmatic size adjustment of widgets under Windows vs. UNIX (was "Natural size of explicitly-sized widget") By: R.G.Stockwell on Wed, 29 August 2007 15:55
		Re: Programmatic size adjustment of widgets under Windows vs. UNIX (was "Natural size of explicitly-sized widget") By: David Fanning on Wed, 29 August 2007 15:23

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