Re: Mouseless window resizing

On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 01:58:01PM -0400, Brian Connoy wrote:
> As much as possible I'd like to keep hands off the mouse. The
> prospect of resizing LispWorks windows at the keyboard is
> tantalizing (and for me, a programming challenge).

Hear, hear!  :)

> To clarify, rather than having to reach for the mouse and grab an
> edge or corner of a Window to resize it, I'd prefer keyboard
> interaction. Creating a defcommand that "narrows" the window around
> a defun at point would also be a dream.
> 
> I'm running LW 5.0.2 Enterprise on WinXP, so I reckon there's Win32
> chicanery involved. Any advice, ideas, or direction from anyone is
> most appreciated, thanks.

Well, you said *any* advice/ideas/direction so here's how I would
approach this (disclaimer: I haven't written any Windows UI code in LW
or anywhere else, but I've glanced at the CAPI docs and poked at the
Window Browser tool a bit):

- Write a sample app that opens a CAPI window, and figure out how to
  resize it programatically.
- Figure out how to get a handle to one of the IDE's windows.  The
  "Window Browser" tool may help with this.
- Combine steps one and two to resize an IDE window.

Just my $0.02.  Maybe other folks on the list can flesh out this
skeleton.

-- L