Retaining window positions on restart

Leffmann · 17 July 2008, 18:22

I often run two instances of WinUAE and I've noticed that when restarting the emulation, it will reopen the emulation window on top of the other instance, and following that, the configuration window will also move on top of that belonging to the other instance.

Any possibility of having the instances retaining their individual window positions for both the emulation and configuration would be great.

Thanks

smoorke · 17 July 2008, 19:41

have you tried making a copy of your winuae dir and using winuae.ini to avoid the registry?

Leffmann · 17 July 2008, 20:03

I have now, and while it is a work-around, it works like a charm!

Thanks!

Toni Wilen · 17 July 2008, 20:55

-ini <inifilename> command line parameter probably works better, no need to duplicate winuae.exe.

ADDED:

Just a thought: what if winuae checks <name of executable>.ini instead of winuae.ini? For example winuae.exe renamed to winuae_2.exe would check for winuae_2.ini first (with backwards compatibility fallback to winuae.ini)

Leffmann · 18 July 2008, 11:06

Sure why not, but spending a few minutes on that might be better spent on changing what window positions it uses in the first place, though ofcourse I might be the only one who wants this. Right now I'm using two shortcuts for two different .ini files and it works perfectly.

Toni Wilen · 18 July 2008, 11:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leffmann

Sure why not, but spending a few minutes on that might be better spent on changing what window positions it uses in the first place, though ofcourse I might be the only one who wants this. Right now I'm using two shortcuts for two different .ini files and it works perfectly.

How is WinUAE going to know which positions to use without any way to identify separate WinUAE instances?

Leffmann · 18 July 2008, 15:45

No what I meant was that it would be easier to maintain values for window positions throughout application time, and not setting them to defaults or ini-values each emulation restart, but only at application start.

You would have to position all your windows each time you start your session, but the windows would still retain their positions throughout several emulation restarts and there would be no need for several ini-files. Still, I'm comfortable with using several ini-files and shortcuts.

17 July 2008, 18:22	#1
Leffmann Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sweden Posts: 2,269	Retaining window positions on restart I often run two instances of WinUAE and I've noticed that when restarting the emulation, it will reopen the emulation window on top of the other instance, and following that, the configuration window will also move on top of that belonging to the other instance. Any possibility of having the instances retaining their individual window positions for both the emulation and configuration would be great. Thanks

17 July 2008, 20:55	#4
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,523	-ini <inifilename> command line parameter probably works better, no need to duplicate winuae.exe. ADDED: Just a thought: what if winuae checks <name of executable>.ini instead of winuae.ini? For example winuae.exe renamed to winuae_2.exe would check for winuae_2.ini first (with backwards compatibility fallback to winuae.ini) Last edited by Toni Wilen; 17 July 2008 at 22:19.

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17 July 2008, 19:41	#2
smoorke Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ghent/Belgium Age: 43 Posts: 247	have you tried making a copy of your winuae dir and using winuae.ini to avoid the registry?

17 July 2008, 20:03	#3
Leffmann Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sweden Posts: 2,269	I have now, and while it is a work-around, it works like a charm! Thanks!

18 July 2008, 11:06	#5
Leffmann Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sweden Posts: 2,269	Sure why not, but spending a few minutes on that might be better spent on changing what window positions it uses in the first place, though ofcourse I might be the only one who wants this. Right now I'm using two shortcuts for two different .ini files and it works perfectly.

18 July 2008, 15:45	#7
Leffmann Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sweden Posts: 2,269	No what I meant was that it would be easier to maintain values for window positions throughout application time, and not setting them to defaults or ini-values each emulation restart, but only at application start. You would have to position all your windows each time you start your session, but the windows would still retain their positions throughout several emulation restarts and there would be no need for several ini-files. Still, I'm comfortable with using several ini-files and shortcuts.

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