Re: X11 Beta 3 & Window size/resize
Re: X11 Beta 3 & Window size/resize
- Subject: Re: X11 Beta 3 & Window size/resize
- From: Joe Davison <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 18:23:39 -0500
On Friday, August 29, 2003, at 07:15 PM, Javier Gomez wrote:
Hi,
We are porting an X11 application to MacOS X (10.2.6), X11 Beta 3 on a
PowerBook 17" and have run into the following
problem: one of our X11 application windows runs off the bottom of the
screen and we have not found a way to re-size it
with re-size tab off the screen. We have tried a different X11 server
installation (Xtools 1.2 from Tennon) and there the same X11
window stays within the boundaries of the screen. We have attached a
pdf file showing the problem (the problem screen is labeled
"tmpwrkDisplay.adl")
Any suggestion in how to re-size the window or indication if this is a
known problem will be appreciated.
I've encountered similar problems in other X11 servers on earlier macs,
and I'm sure it's not unique to macs.
I've no doubt the root problem lies with the application, but that's
not much help to the poor user who encounters a window that's far too
large to fit on the screen, with the resize / close buttons offscreen.
I'd suggest / request as a feature a menu option / key combination that
pops up a dialog allowing either killing the window or specifying a
size (full screen as the only option would be acceptable). Or even one
that simply allows repositioning the window so the window controls are
within the currently viewed portion of the display. (I don't know how
to specify that precisely, as I'm not really that familiar with X11
terminology, but I hope the intent is clear -- make it possible to do
something sensible with such a window, even if the only sensible thing
to do is to terminate the application and close the window -- rebooting
doesn't seem the right answer, and that was all I figured out to do on
my OS 8.5 system when I ran into the problem).
joe
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