Conference vaxuum::online_bookbuilding

297.0. "Window sizes" by CLOSET::UTT () Wed Mar 14 1990 09:41

    The following information was provided by Joe Kraetsch (Bookreader
    developer) in another forum to answer questions about the size of the
    windows poppup up for formal figures, tables, and examples. Note the
    requirement to achieve monitor independence; thus, on a 19-inch
    monitor, the window may seem "small".
    
    Mary
    
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The Bookreader enforces a maximum formal topic size of 237 mm wide by
203 mm high by default.  This is independent of what monitor you display
on.  However, Bookreader will not create a window larger than the screen
if the screen is actually smaller (e.g. on a PC screen).  The purpose of 
imposing a maximum size is to not take over the whole screen.  These 
numbers were picked to attempt being reasonable on a 15" monitor.  They 
are in mm instead of pixels so that they are independent of monitor 
resolution.  The 237 x 203 is the size of the display area, not of the 
entire window.

With the Motif window manager (V3 Bookreader) there will be a button 
on each window that will expand that window to the full size of the screen.
Pushing the button again will reduce the window to its previous size.

The standard (text) topic window is created with a display area of
150mm x 170mm.  The V2 doctypes format have \hsize of 33.25 picas to 
fit within this width.  The reduction in width from V1 to V2 was to
allow both the navigation and text windows to display side by side on
a 15" monitor.

Clicking MB2 in the horizontal scrollbar is supposed to move the part
of the window directly above the mouse click all the way to the left
of the window so what you are seeing is correct behaviour and is not
a new feature.  To scroll a whole screenful to the left, click MB1  
in the scrollbar to the right of the slider.

joe