Dear Edward
BC clears the command line and I always put one, last thing, in my
startup.int. Without it the last command will appear, in this case
window ... etc.
I have just checked the purpose and format for the window command in my
manual and it reads:
window #left,top,width,length
# is the windows number. The command opens a window with the defined
size and makes it active. When placed in startup.int, it seems to
define the size for any new windows opened too, at least in my case it does.
I have looked back in my startup.int and I have one line before the
window command that reads:
func NR
which as Harry says toggles the ruler to a line. You might try adding
that.
I cannot remember now how I arrived at each setting in my startup.int
but I too have
df mw=0
in settings.dfl
I hope that helps.
Best wishes
Paul
On 28/12/2020 22:55, Edward Mendelson wrote:
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
SH 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.)