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Hi Sam E.,
I am using version 1.87 and when I press F5
to change the screen configuration the size of the box in
which the email is composed changes depending on the
size and the positions of the side bars. I am using 640X480
resolution.
Eric
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 13:52:31 -0500 "Sam Ewalt" <ewalt@xxxxxxxx> writes:
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>
> On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 17:11:26 -0500, Glenn McCorkle wrote:
>
>
> >> 1. Impossible to to compose email as the editing space does
> >> not get displayed. It's just not there!
>
> > What screen resolution are you using ?
>
> > 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768
>
>
> Glenn,
>
> Maximum resolution with this system is 640x480. I've tried again
> with a fresh download, installed into an empty C:\arachne. With
> experimentation I discovered that if I place the cursor where the
> editing field ought to appear and click I now get a two line
> editing field--which I think is almost useless in terms of actually
> doing any writing. I do realize that I can make the editing space
> larger by following the directions in the source.
>
> But shouldn't the editing space just be there when needed? Before it
> was always just there. Now it only appears after I move the cursor
> into
> posistion and click. That's confusing. And why only two lines as
> the default?
>
>
> Sam
>
> I believe that I've fixed the environment problem as per your
> previous note. I was using 512, not 1024. But that never caused
> a problem with previous Arachne versions. My config.sys had been
> the same for years without any download problems.
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