4 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/ui/dialog/messages.cpp b/src/ui/dialog/messages.cpp
index 9228273d0..9c7434edd 100644
--- a/src/ui/dialog/messages.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/dialog/messages.cpp
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ Messages::Messages()
     textScroll.set_policy(Gtk::POLICY_ALWAYS, Gtk::POLICY_ALWAYS);
     mainVBox->pack_start(textScroll);
 
+    // sick of this thing shrinking too much
+    set_size_request(400, 300);
+    
     show_all_children();
 
     message(_("Ready."));
diff --git a/src/ui/dialog/scriptdialog.cpp b/src/ui/dialog/scriptdialog.cpp
index 483677464..8cc8f88aa 100644
--- a/src/ui/dialog/scriptdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/dialog/scriptdialog.cpp
@@ -214,6 +214,8 @@ ScriptDialogImpl::ScriptDialogImpl()
     errorTextFrame.add(errorTextScroll);
     mainVBox->pack_start(errorTextFrame);
 
+    // sick of this thing shrinking too much
+    set_size_request(350, 400);
     show_all_children();
 
 }
diff --git a/src/ui/dialog/scriptdialog.h b/src/ui/dialog/scriptdialog.h
index 74bc5d007..b66aa93e7 100644
--- a/src/ui/dialog/scriptdialog.h
+++ b/src/ui/dialog/scriptdialog.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class ScriptDialog : public Dialog
      * Constructor
      */
     ScriptDialog() : Dialog ("dialogs.script", SP_VERB_DIALOG_SCRIPT)
-        {}
+    {}
 
 
     /**
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ class ScriptDialog : public Dialog
     virtual ~ScriptDialog() {};
 
 
+    private:
+        int _max_dialog_width;
+        int _max_dialog_height;
 
 
 }; // class ScriptDialog
diff --git a/src/ui/dialog/text-properties.cpp b/src/ui/dialog/text-properties.cpp
index c4a95f014..a79992677 100644
--- a/src/ui/dialog/text-properties.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/dialog/text-properties.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ TextProperties::TextProperties()
     _notebook.append_page(_page_font, _("Font"));
     _notebook.append_page(_page_text, _("Text"));
 
+    set_resizable (true);
+    set_size_request(450, 300);
+    
     show_all_children();
 }