anzio 15.2...need a tip

[Bob Rasmussen]

On Mon, 6 Dec 2010, Fairlight wrote:

> ... 
> I'm actually contemplating upgrading to 16.2y.  I've got 15.2j.  Having a
> hard time justifying it without seeing a changelog between the two, though.

See the README.TXT that comes with every Anzio download.

> I do see SFTP was added.  You really should add SCP.  SFTP is not
> necessarily enabled on all SSH servers, as you can undefine the service
> in the daemon config.  SCP is inherent, to the best of my knowledge.

To the best of MY knowledge, SCP is on a par with SFTP.

> Curious to see what else was added.
> 
> I use PuTTY all the time.  Most of the time that's fine.  I mainly use
> Anzio when I work with SCO boxes, which is getting more and more rare.
> Still, built-in zmodem is a win.  Built-in SCP would be cooler.  :)

Are you sure that SFTP has been specifically disabled? Why?

> 
> I was just playing with fonts.  Remember our fun font discussion a year or
> three back?  I actually am getting a totally different aspect ratio for the
> same font, depending on what I set the point size to.  If I set it to 22,
> it's practically 4:3.  If I set it to 18, it's closer to 16:9, and keeps
> going more widescreen the smaller the point size.  Bizarre, if the scaling
> was being done proportionately to preserve aspect ratio.

Your best bet is to drag your window size, and let the font size follow.

> 
> I also found what used to be an annoying need to have to scroll to get at
> all the configuration options for colours several years back.  The problem
> was that I had "large fonts" (125dpi) enabled in Windows back then.  I
> don't now (96dpi), and it works fine.  Like a lot of applications, Anzio
> (at least 15.x) isn't fond of the "large fonts" setting in Windows.  But
> it's not alone by a long shot.  I stopped using it for that very reason,
> and got myself glasses instead.  :)

There were some problems with dialog boxes and "large fonts". If there are 
any in the CURRENT Anzio, please let me know.

> 
> Dunno how much of these things were fixed in 16, but if they weren't, I did
> figure you might like to know the causes.

I WILL look at eliminating the blank status line, now that TWO people have 
complained.

Regards,
....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.

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