[imp] imp 6.1.4

[Michael M Slusarz]

Quoting Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>:

> Quoting Brent <impuser at bitrealm.com>:
>
>> Quoting Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>:
>>>
>>> Quoting Thomas Jarosch <thomas.jarosch at intra2net.com>:
>>>
>>>> Hello Brent,
>>>>
>>>>> So, when you compose a new message in imp 6.1.4, it now defaults  
>>>>> to opening the compose window full height...1200 pixels on the  
>>>>> desktop in my case.  I can't see a way to change it.
>>>>
>>>> to clarify the matter of the 1200 pixels: Do you think any
>>>> window height larger than f.e. 1000 pixels is just too much text area?
>>>>
>>>> Or do you want to say the window is 1200 pixels
>>>> and sits directly next to the taskbar / overlaps the taskbar?
>>>>
>>>> In my workflow I usually run Firefox with the max possible window size.
>>>> Therefore new messages also use the max possible window size.
>>>>
>>>> How do you normally access imp? Full window size?
>>>
>>> This shouldn't matter though (i.e. full window size).  The sizing  
>>> of the compose window is completely independent from the size of  
>>> any browser window.
>>>
>>> The compose window is sized in relation to the size of the  
>>> *screen*.  It will be sized at the screen height minus any UI  
>>> Chrome (i.e. Windows taskbar) minus 50 pixels.
>>>
>>> The problem I believe Thomas is reporting is that he has a browser  
>>> that is not correctly removing the size of the UI chrome.  That's  
>>> what I am asking about in terms of working around these broken  
>>> browsers (I can't reproduce this on any browser in either Windows  
>>> 7 or WinXP).
>>>
>>> michael
>>
>> I have an 1920x1200 screen.  I never run any app full screen as that
>> just wastes space.  I typically run my browser around 1024x800-ish.
>> The initial compose window opens the size I expect (828x683), but
>> then tries to fill the screen from top to bottom (I run the start bar
>> at the side, so it doesn't quite make it to the bottom) and is now a
>> compose window of 828x1150.
>>
>> It is probably all by design, but I'm not a fan of the design.
>
> This is correct behavior.  If you don't like the design decision,  
> you can always hack the source.

After all, the previous decision made less sense (it was just an  
arbitrary size value).  Especially if you had a bunch of addresses,  
you had very little space to compose without scrolling.  The new  
behavior is a much more reasonable default as you can see more of your  
message body at once.

michael

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Michael Slusarz [slusarz at horde.org]