Re: Save and restore setup.exe window geometry attempt #2

[Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>]

On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 01:11:11PM -0400, Jonathon Merz wrote:
>On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 11:23:36AM -0400, Charles Wilson wrote:
>>>Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>>> That doesn't sound right.  That sounds like it means that you are
>>>> ditching the current behavior which I, and others, obviously are
>>>> satisfied with, in favor of forcing people to resize the chooser screen
>>>> themselves.
>>>
>>>I thought that was the whole point, here.  That the chooser would be
>>>resizable to a specific size, and would *remember* that size for next
>>>time. So, sure, you might have to resize the chooser once, when the new
>>>setup is distributed. But after that, you wouldn't.  You, I, and others
>>>might be happy with the current maximize-always behavior, but I thought
>>>there were at least some folks (with extremely large screens?) who
>>>wanted the chooser a bit smaller. With resize-and-remember, we all win,
>>>don't we?
>>
>> Boy this is tedious.
>>
>> No, it is not the same.  We're talking about the default behavior.  The
>> default should be maximized.  If that makes someone's eyes bleed then they
>> can change it for the future.
>
>I think I have a better understanding now.  I may wish I'd started
>this discussion before I started submitting patches, but better late
>than never I hope.
>
>As I understand things now:
>- The chooser screen, but not the rest of setup, should maximized any
>time it is run and finds no saved geometry, in particular, the first
>time setup is run
>
>- When setup is run with a saved geometry, the saved geometry should be used.
>
>
>If those are correct, the questions I see now are:
>1. Should the saved geometry be used for all screens in setup, or only
>for the chooser?

When I was struggling with this, I thought it might be a good idea to
make other windows bigger too but, since I don't recall anyone ever
complaining that other windows which accepted input were too small, then
I think it is probably acceptable to just apply the geometry to the
chooser.

But, that's just my opinion.  My only criteria is that the initial
screen for first-time users should be maximized so that they see
everything rather than getting a partial view.  If someone wants to
change the default for the future that's fine.

cgf