bruce@ogccse.ogc.edu (Bruce Jerrick) (11/09/89)
Can someone tell me if there's an existing mechanism to avoid zero-size
xterm windows? Apparently what happens is that users click on a
"New Window" menu item, then accidently hit and release the middle
mouse button, without expanding the window size rubberband. This
typically leaves a shell in an invisible window.
For the sake of discussion, let's say this is happening with "awm",
although it probably happens with other window managers also. The
problem is most acute on X terminals (NCD's here); users go away
leaving invisible windows, and the terminals are unusable until
they're all killed (the windows, not the ... oh, never mind).
Is there a mechanism for either:
1. Having the middle-button size rubberband start at a reasonable size,
instead of zero.
2. Setting a system-wide default minimum size (a "too small" warning
would be nice then, if the user scenario above happens).
No. 1 would seem preferable. Personally, I use SunView. (Halon on full.)
Thanks --
Bruce Jerrick
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