Re: [tlug] Linux Mint 18 window behaviour

[Brian Chandler <brian@example.com>]

On 2017-05-07 10:40, Lyle H Saxon wrote:
> On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 5:25 PM, Brian Chandler <brian@example.com> wrote:
> > (1) In response to a probably involuntary action by me (failing to hold
> > the mouse exactly steady, accidentally touching a key, whatever), there
> > is a silly sound, and the window I am looking at resizes to the top half
> > of the screen. I never want this to happen, so where can I look to turn
> > it off?
>
> That's a "feature" that is triggered (I think) when you drag a window
> over to the edge of the screen.  I don't know how to turn off that
> productivity-killer, but if you watch how and where you position
> windows, it can be avoided.  I think the idea (begun by that Wonderful
> Company in Washington?) is that it's a quick way to get two windows
> occupying exactly half (each) of the screen?

I managed to jiggle the mouse so as to hold a display of some stupid 
message, which contained a keyword, with which I found my way to 
something called "Window tiling" (or similar) and got rid of it. One out 
of two.

> > (2) Margins on printing.

I'm glad (sort of) that it's not only me who is struggling. I have a new 
problem: Firefox has set the default for printing to "Six pages per 
side" (or was it the other way round?) so at least the first time of the 
day I get a wasted sheet, and have to remember to turn it off every time 
I print something. I can't find anything in the menus or about:config. 
And another bizarre thing: I try obvious web searches for "Firefox 
settings printing pages" and things like that, and almost all of the 
pages that turn up are ancient. 2010 and earlier in most cases... why???

> Now - as for *why* this is happening now....  At the convenience
> stores, I find myself wondering if some middle-management scum came up
> with the idea as a way of cutting toner costs and making more
> Short-Term-Profits (G*d).....  Or maybe it's just due to people trying
> to print photographs on 100% of the paper and the fix for that problem
> is ruining everything else.

Hmm, in a post-truth society, idiocy trumps reason, and I prefer idiocy 
as an explanation for most of this. But thanks for the comments.

Brian Chandler