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...
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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.
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