> > 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 ... ... > 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
That is the sort of capability I had in mind. For the sake of the archives, this is what I've ended up with for 2.2.4 using xwininfo. (My xterm seems to be using a 13-pixel font.) #!/usr/local/bin/bash maxl=`(xwininfo -root | sed -n -e 's/ Height: //p' ; echo 35 - 13 / p) | dc` xterm -geometry \ "80x`(wc -l < $1 ; echo \"1 + d [$maxl p q] sa $maxl <a p q\") | dc`" \ +sb -sl 0 -title $1 -n `basename $1` -e less $* & -- 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]