Re: Higher resolution of PDP++ under windows

["Randall C. O'Reilly" <oreilly@grey.colorado.edu>]

michiel remme <mwh_remme@yahoo.com> writes:
> Is it possible to higher the resolution of the PDP++ windows in the
> CYGWIN environment? I'm trying to make a Neural Networks course for
> university students. A large number of windows can really become
> very confusing for the students. (The Interview library used by
> Neuron by Michael Hines does give you the option to change the
> scale.)

This is possible -- you need to follow the directions for creating an
app-defaults/InterViews file in the manual (section 6.17.3: under
XWindow Resources), which is extracted here:

To set XResources under MS Windows, you need to create an "application
defaults" file that is formatted much like the XResources. There are
two steps for creating this application defaults file:

1. Edit `C:\WINDOWS\WIN.INI', and add the following two lines: 

[InterViews]
location = C:\PDP++

Where the location should be the actual location where you installed the software. 

2. Create a sub-directory under `C:\PDP++' (again, use the actual
location) called `app-defaults', and then create a file called
`InterViews' in that directory. This file should contain resource
values you want to set. For example, to change the amount of time to
detect a double-click, you would enter:

*clickDelay: 400

To set the scale of the window, add:

*mswin_scale: 1.25

Note that larger values = smaller windows, and vice-versa, and the
default value is 1.0.  The specific value of 1.25 seems to most
closely equate the window sizes in MSWin to those under Xwindows.. Now
that I know that, I'll probably change the default value in the code
to 1.25 in the future..

				- Randy