Msg: Re: Latest vDos-lfn build

Hi James,

The cause of the window-dragging problem when it is frameless is that when you move the mouse fast, the mouse pointer can get outside of the vDos window. Once the mouse pointer gets outside of the window, vDos has no control over it any more, so the window movement stops. This is why the window sometimes does not follow the mouse, and it especially occurs when you try to move the window up. In order to solve this problem, I decided to add the feature into vDos-lfn so that you can now drag the mouse from *anywhere* within the window (instead of only the top of the window) if you hold the Ctrl key. For example, you can now hold the Ctrl key and drag the mouse from the center of the vDos-lfn window; when you try to move the window up it should now work now even if you move the mouse fast. I have updated the vDos-lfn binary and installer, so please get the new version. Hope you will like this new feature.

Regarding the Ctrl+Alt+? shortcuts in fullscreen mode, I guess you are using Windows XP or so, which does not have this problem, so the shortcuts will work regardless of the SHORTCUT setting. However, in more recent versions of Windows, "SHORTCUT=ON" is probably required if you want to use these shortcuts in fullscreen mode.

Wengier

On Saturday, May 14, 2016 12:41 PM, James Woolley wrote:

Thanks, Wengier, for the new vDos-lfn build. Your continued
refinement of vDos is most welcome.

As for the window-dragging issue, you are right that it is avoided by
FRAME = ON. But I'm fond of the frameless look, so I will continue to
deal with this problem. Interestingly, Kari's solution of EVENSIZE =
OFF makes matters worse for me (I do use an external font, for
whatever that's worth). The definition of the mouse-grabbable zone at
the top of the window seems to be a ticklish matter, affected perhaps
by the screen settings?

I can't seem to replicate Kari's PgUp/PgDn issue.

And thanks, Kari, for the further comments about the XMEM directive
inherited from vDosXY.

By the way, I find that for me, the ctrl-alt shortcut is enabled in
full-screen mode with or without the SHORTCUT = ON directive.

James