Re: TLF-1.4.0 release

[Drew Arnett]

Agreed.  I wouldn't enforce any more minimum than now.  Warning makes
sense.  But, I can't anticipate someone doesn't have a use case where
they want to use a smaller terminal.

On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 7:16 PM Thomas Beierlein <address@hidden> wrote:
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> Am Sat, 23 Nov 2019 18:30:01 -0600
> schrieb Nate Bargmann <address@hidden>:
>
> > * On 2019 23 Nov 08:14 -0600, Drew Arnett wrote:
> > > Resize is fine, but please continue to support 80x25 long term.  I
> > > don't see classic TUI losing value anytime soon.
> >
> > Do you mean that Tlf should enforce a minimum 80x25 terminal size as
> > it has in the past?  Personally, I've no problem with that.
>
> 'Enforcing' is a little bit difficult as (as far as I know) we can not
> force a minimum size on any xwindow. But I will leave the warning in
> place that you should have at least 25 lines in your terminal.
> >
> > > What about a 2nd application, tlf-config or easy-tlf-config, which
> > > would have the pulldown menus etc for setting up config files.  Keep
> > > the pulldown menus out of tlf.  Once you add menus, you'll add a
> > > bunch of hotkeys.  One of the nice things about TLF is that there
> > > aren't a bunch of live keys, especially if run out of a console or
> > > terminal rather than a windows manager.
> >
> > That's actually a very good idea, Drew.  If such a program were to
> > gain good enough coverage then the :SET and :CFG commands could just
> > call it instead of an editor.  As for hot keys, Tlf does have quite a
> > few assigned already.
> >
> Ok, I really like these idea. I will add it as an alternative to
> the ToDo entry for the configuration menu.
>
> 73, de Tom
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