Mikhael Goikhman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 03 Jan 2003 12:46:00 -0800, Perry Hutchison wrote: > > > > Is it possible to configure 2.2.4 to restrict windows to the size of > > the screen, even if -geometry requests larger? > > > > Motivation: I want an xterm just tall enough to display an entire > > file, but no taller than the screen. This: > > > > xterm -geometry "80x`wc -l < $f | tr -d ' '`" +sb -sl 0 -e less $f > > > > gets the file length almost right -- it's off by one line because it > > doesn't allow for the "less" command/status line at the bottom -- but > > if the file is longer than 89 lines the window doesn't fit on the > > screen. I could write a more complicated script, except that there's > > no immediately-obvious way for a script to determine the maximum line > > count for whatever display it might happen to be running on. > > Use "xwininfo -root" to get the screen size, then substruct decorations > (border size, title height), then substruct xterm's scroll bar, then > divide by the font used in xterm (7x14), you should get the needed > geometry for xterm. > > Or just do the right thing and run the latest stable 2.4.14, then do: > > Style XTerm MaxWindowSize $[vp.width]p $[vp.height]p
Gee, I did search the man page before I answered. (I searched for "size" but I guess I just got too many hits.) It looks like the above command equivalent to: Style XTerm MaxWindowSize 100 100 -- Dan Espen E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
