djb@cbnews.att.com (david.j.bryant) (03/07/91)
How does the Sun 'olwm' window manager decide what is meant by "Full Screen"? Whenever I select "Full Screen" from the window menu my application is always resized to full screen height but is unchanged in width. I understand from the Open Look spec that window managers may interpret full screen in this way for text applications (esp. terminal emulators, debuggers, etc.), but for others might truly honor the request to make the application full screen. Problem is, I get this behavior for all applications regardless of their type. I've tried using size hints to specify max height/width, but Sun 'olwm' seems to ignore this information. Any hints on how I can get Sun 'olwm' to give me a truly Full Screen resize? ps: The AT&T 'olwm' 2.0 window manager, on the other hand, always resizes the requesting application to cover the entire screen. This happens to be what I want to do, but I suppose it might be nice to be able to alter this behavior as well... UUCP: att!cbosgd!djb David Bryant att!cborion!djb AT&T Bell Laboratories INTERNET: djb@cborion.cb.att.com Room 1B-256 djb@cbosgd.att.com 6200 East Broad Street PHONE: (614) 860-4516 Columbus, Ohio 43213 FAX: (614) 868-4302
smarks@Eng.Sun.COM (Stuart Marks) (03/12/91)
From: djb@cbnews.att.com (david.j.bryant) How does the Sun 'olwm' window manager decide what is meant by "Full Screen"? Whenever I select "Full Screen" from the window menu my application is always resized to full screen height but is unchanged in width. [...] I've tried using size hints to specify max height/width, but Sun 'olwm' seems to ignore this information. (You mean "Full Size", not "Full Screen", right?) By default, olwm zooms the window to full screen height and leaves its width unchanged. However, if the program has specified a maximum size in WM_NORMAL_HINTS, olwm will use that size instead. In order to get this to work, you must set WM_NORMAL_HINTS property before the window is mapped onto the screen. If you change the hints after the window is mapped, olwm won't pick up the changes. s'marks Stuart W. Marks ARPA: smarks@eng.sun.com Windows & Graphics Software UUCP: sun!smarks Sun Microsystems, Inc.