Paul,
I'm going through these suggestions one by one, and yours seems to work,
but I'm sure I'm getting the details wrong.
First, my startup.int ends with these line (I've added the BC window...
line at your suggestion):
BX CD \XY4\DOCSQ2 ;*;
BC window 1,0,0,80,40
BX NEWQ2
<delta>SH <delta>ES ;*;
This starts up with a window that does in fact have a ruler and borders,
and the command "window etc" appears on the command line.
I got rid of the window borders by changing df mw=1 to df mw=0 in
settings.dfl, but I can't figure out how to get rid of the ruler.
Also, when the new file opens, the command "window 1,0,0,80,40" appears
on the command line. How can I get rid of it?
Apologies for bothering you with all these questions, and many thanks
for any help.
(I'll try the other suggestions in later messages after sorting out this
one.)