Re: pgaccess problems

Nigel J. Andrews wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Jul 2002, Christoph Dalitz wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > while trying pgaccess, I have encountered two problems:
> >
> > a) I did not figure out how to specify username, host etc. from
> > the command line
>
> Hmmm...I thought this worked but I just checked and it's only the host, port
> and database that may be specified on the command line.
>
> >
> > b) With 100dpi fonts most dialogs are messed up and cannot be
> > used; eg. in the "open" dialog the "password" entry field is not displayed
>
> Yes, you should be able to change fonts using the preferences. Unfortunately
> the way place, the geometry manager, works is not compatible with dynamically
> sizing of windows to suit different settings, like font sizes, unless the
> application codes it. This is the manager that vTcl uses and I believe the
> originator of pgaccess used to vTcl to design the windows.
>
> Whilst I agree that having vTcl can make laying out windows easier I have
> always prefered the pack geometry manager which allows applications to adjust
> themselves to such things without the application having to do the work. But
> then I am a great believer in the X11 tradition that the application knows
> diddley squat about how a user wants it to look. There are of course advantages
> to using place such as easy and consistent postioning or widgets.

Yes, 'pack' is one of the coolest GUI tools I have ever seen, and vtcl
can use pack very easily. I have written some vtcl apps, they all use
pack, and they all resize just fine. It probably would not be hard to
modify pgaccess to use pack, and I would encourage it. There is a
pgaccess group working at pgaccess.org. You may want to hook up with
them.

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