[Wine]Pegasus Mail hangs during minimizing/maximizing of window
David Jones
gnome at hawaii.rr.com
Mon Jul 5 19:48:54 CDT 2004
Timo Steuerwald wrote:
> Am 5 Jul 2004 um 9:46 hat David Jones geschrieben:
>
>
>>Note: I use Pegasus Mail under OS/2 and Windows, not WINE or Linux ...
>>
>>BUT I've used it for many years. Pegasus is very sensitive to printer
>>drivers - especially the 4.x series. It checks with the printer driver
>>before rendering email. It sounds to me like it is having some problem
>>with the printer driver you are using.
>>
>>The way to test this under Windows is to set up a plain text (generic
>>TTY) printer as the default Windows printer, and see if the problem goes
>>away. If it does, the problem lies with the printer driver. If it
>>doesn't, its a problem with Pegasus' screen rendering. I don't know
>>about the screen rendering in the 4.x series, but v3.12c and earlier had
>>their own quirks in that area because Pegasus uses a Borland Windows
>>Custom Controls DLL, and a flakey RTF/HTML editing component called TER
>>that I understand is in the process of being replaced.
>>
>>Sorry, I can't be of much help. For my use of Win-apps under Linux, I
>>find Win4Lin more effective.
>
> No, you've wrong. For my problem the kind of "work around" that Rein Klazes
> has described is the right solution. The error appears by the use of the default
> setting: If you minimize Pegasus Mail, then there will - per default setting -
> disappear the taskbar item. So, during a minimized Pegasus Mail there is only
> the small Pegasus Mail icon (left to the clock) visible. IMHO WINE thinks
> every WIN32 application must have it's own taskbar item over the whole
> lifetime of the process. After altering the settings, as Rein described it,
> everything work well.
>
> Bye,
>
> Timo
Glad it worked! Was just relaying on the information that I get from the
Pegasus Mail discussion list. I don't remember if Pegasus v3.12 even
offers the option to have only a System Tray item; even when minimized,
it always has its task bar item.
--
David
gnome at hawaii.rr.com
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