[tex-live] Impossible to the make TL GUI window short: very annoying!

[Norbert Preining]

On Mo, 21 Mai 2012, Denis BITOUZE wrote:
> trouble I experienced today in a LaTeX course. Two students tried to
> install TL 2011 on their netbook but it was impossible for them to
> resize (in height) the TL (install-tl-advanced) GUI window which hence
> was too short: so they were unable to see the "Install TeX Live"
> button. We had blindly use the TAB and Enter keys to start the
> installation!

I know. I tried to reduce the size as much as possible, but these
net books seem to have even smaller vertical size than my mini laptop.

I will take a look and see what I can do.

> So I strongly suggest to make this GUI resizable.

As mentioned already, resizablility is not the problem. We cannot
shrink the stuff smaller, we need scrolling, or sub menus.

Best wishes

Norbert
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