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Andir

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[Minor] Window starts at the top of screen (all revisions so far - 191.39b)
« on: July 15, 2008, 07:05:05 pm »
The problem with the window starting up at the very top of the screen is when those of us (and I know I'm not the only one) who have the taskbar at the top of the screen start up the game, the window starts up underneath the taskbar meaning that you have to right click on the taskbar, select move, keyboard down and then use the mouse to position.

It's more of an annoyance more than anything else.  If you think about it when you patch next, could you peep over to that bit of code?
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Re: [Minor] Window starts at the top of screen (all revisions so far - 191.39b)
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2008, 07:25:30 pm »
I'd like this to be an init option, because it works just fine at the top of the screen for me.
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Re: [Minor] Window starts at the top of screen (all revisions so far - 191.39b)
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2008, 07:37:04 pm »
Doesn't even have to be an option... I'm just asking for the code to accommodate the taskbar if it's in the way.
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Re: [Minor] Window starts at the top of screen (all revisions so far - 191.39b)
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2008, 06:37:11 am »
The game always starts in the upper left corner of the screen, which is sometimes a small nuisance. I imagine (hope?) it's a quick fix when Toady gets around to it. :)
« Last Edit: July 18, 2008, 11:36:50 am by FFLaguna »
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Re: [Minor] Window starts at the top of screen (all revisions so far - 191.39b)
« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2008, 06:47:36 am »
Should be quite easy to put the starting window position at say (100,100) instead of (0,0).  All it involves is changing one line of code!
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Re: [Minor] Window starts at the top of screen (all revisions so far - 191.39b)
« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2008, 10:21:04 am »
No, make it save window position. I won't compromise. :)
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Re: [Minor] Window starts at the top of screen (all revisions so far - 191.39b)
« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2008, 11:03:20 am »
...hasn't it ALWAYS started in the top left, even in pre-39a? I don't see how this is a bug...
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Re: [Minor] Window starts at the top of screen (all revisions so far - 191.39b)
« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2008, 11:16:52 am »
Quote from: FFLaguna on July 18, 2008, 06:37:11 am
The game always starts in the upper left corner of the screen, which is different from pre-39a. I imagine (hope?) it's a quick fix. :)

It's done that for as long as I can remember.

Quote from: FFLaguna on July 18, 2008, 10:21:04 am
No, make it save window position. I won't compromise. :)

I agree; but the only problem is that there's no current way that the game saves settings session-to-session like that.  The closest thing is init.txt, but that's all user-inputted information.

I think the solution is an option in the init.

Although, it'd be cool to see auto-updated settings and installs so that when the game is updated I don't have to reset the init file by hand, line-by-line, just in case it's changed.
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Re: [Minor] Window starts at the top of screen (all revisions so far - 191.39b)
« Reply #8 on: July 18, 2008, 11:38:17 am »
Quote from: Tylui on July 18, 2008, 11:16:52 am
It's done that for as long as I can remember.

Yeah, I was wrong, and I changed my post above so nobody will be the wiser. :) I tested it on .38c and apparently it doesn't save window position... somehow I thought it did.
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