Thanks for the tip on flipping the monitor. I have dual monitors on a stand where they swivel. At your suggestion I decided to flip one to portait mode just to see how I like it. In portrait mode the monitor (20-inch 16:9) is a little narrow, but I can see a pretty long stretch of code.
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From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen
Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 1:24 AM
To: 'Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for System i & iSeries'
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Configuring RDi 9 look and feel
If the number of lines matter, I can strongly recommend getting a high resolution monitor which can be turned 90 degrees to portrait mode. This may double the number of lines you can see on-screen at the same time.
I work with Java which usually has embedded documentation and lots of blocks so you essentially need a lot of screen estate to see the same amount of code at once that other programmers can have on a 24 line monitor.
Especially with Eclipse which use a _lot_ of precious screen estate for itself. I would guess the same goes for RDi.
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From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Terry Hertel
Sent: 24. oktober 2013 22:29
To: 'wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [WDSCI-L] Configuring RDi 9 look and feel
I got RDi 9 installed and am trying to get it to look as much like RDp 8.5 as possible but have issues/questions. With 8.5 I was able to view 40 lines of code (Consolas 8). In RDi, I am only getting 36. Part of the lost space is at the top of the screen and the rest is at the bottom. TOP: Part of the issue there is probably the Manage Licenses button, which might disappear when I get the license key installed. Another part of the problem is a white box that says Quick Access in it. What is that, and can I get rid of it?
There are also more tools on the toolbar than in the previous version, most of which (but not all) I suspect I will never use. Is there a way to remove them? Is the bottom line of the screen (where the fastpaths in 8.5 were
located) useable? I can't seem to drag anything into that area. BOTTOM: I can't pull the bottom section down as far as in 8.5. In 8.5, from the bottom up, there was the fastpath bar, tabs for different views, and then the command area. Wit h 9.0 there is a space under the tabs that displays one line of the contents of the selected view. For example, if the source prompter view is selected, it says line type. I can't drag the bottom area down far enough to get rid of the extra line, which cuts down on the viewable code. Any workaround?
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