Newsletter Issue 10 - Dec 26, 2001
+++NEWS+++
0. Many thanks to each and every one of you for
making TinyApps so interesting. In the 3 or 4
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Peace and blessings to all!
1. An answer to last issue's question about
moving and resizing windows via the keyboard
appears below. Please do not email any more
questions, as a forum will soon be up to serve
that purpose. Until then, one last reader
question:
Is there a resolution changer that takes
command line paramaters like: "resize 16bit
800x600" which could then be made into a
shortcut? The reader has already tried Resize
and Multires but wants something simpler for
his 4 year old son like, "click on the DUCK
icon before you put in your CD" or something
similar.
Please send replies to: answer@xxxxxxxxxxxx
+++NEW APPS+++
Lynx for Win32 [714k] {S}+
http://jim.spath.com/lynx_win32/
Text-based web browser
Message Foundry SE 2.1 [186k] +
http://www.appfoundry.com/downloads.html
Self-contained discussion forum with built-in
web server. Free for personal use.
Belarc Advisor [565k]
http://www.belarc.com/Download.html
"Generates an HTML profile of everything
installed on your computer, from your main
circuit board to software. Version,
manufacturer, and serial numbers are listed, as
well as statistics such as available memory
slots and hard drive space." Free for personal
use.
MultiRes [98k]
http://www.entechtaiwan.com/
Change screen resolution and refresh rate from
the tray. With multi-monitor support.
+++MANIPULATING WINDOWS VIA KEYBOARD+++
A kind reader replied to last issue's question
about moving and resizing windows via the
keyboard:
1) Use <alt>-<space> to display the pull-down
function menu for the active window.
2) Press <M>, or use the up/down arrow keys to
select "M)ove".
3) The keypad arrow keys will now move the
window, in steps of (I think) 10 pixels per
step.
4) For finer control, use <ctrl>-<arrow key>
combinations to move one pixel at a time.
5) Press <Return> when the new window location
is suitable, and you're done.
(NOTE: If you press <Esc> at this point instead
of <Return>, the window snaps back to its
previous location.)
Resizing is similar, but you can only resize
one edge of the window at a time with the
keyboard (i.e., either width or height, but not
both simultaneously).
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