newbie Q's Boa

[Gerrie Roos]

callooah, callay! what a joyous, frivolous day!

i'm sure this bug will be fixed in the next release.  development on boa is
advancing at a strong pace so
do look out for the next one!  the guy that started it all is one of my best
friends so i love helping out
when i can.

myself wrote:

> In article <3B36EC1E.F3BF0C42 at trispen.com>, "Gerrie Roos"
> <gerrie at trispen.com> wrote:
>
> > Ah, I had the exact same problem...its a small bug only on non-windows
> > systems...you were on the
> > right track.
> >
> > In file Help.py, go to this line(roundabout 72 to 75):
> >
> >     self.SetDimensions(120, 75, Preferences.wxDefaultFrameSize.x,
> >     Preferences.wxDefaultFrameSize.y)
> >
> > and remark it with leading #'s.
> >
> > directly after that you should put:
> >
> > if wxPlatform == '__WXGTK__':
> >     self.SetDimensions(120, 75, Preferences.wxDefaultFrameSize[0],
> >         Preferences.wxDefaultFrameSize[1])
> >
> > I can't remember if this bit was there or not, but make sure you've got
> > it in there. Its a small
> > difference in the wxWindows API on MS and UNIX.  MS uses .x and .y
> > attributes and UNIX [0] and [1] indexes for wxDefaultFrameSize.
> >
> > lemme know if it helps or not!
> >
> Excellent, that did the trick! After following your suggestion, to the
> letter I might add, I was able to see exactly what the help system was
> looking for and adjust paths accordingly. Re-reading my post, I see the
> second Q is nonsense- gotta stop posting when I'm tired and frustrated!
>
> Haven't had time yet to really use Boa (this weekend, for sure), but it
> looks very impressive- hope development continues. Particularly like the
> context sensitive help- moving in the right direction IMHO.
>
> many thanks....
>
> >
> > myself wrote:
> >
> <snip>