Re: Abiword and small screens
Robert Sievers (bob@abisource.com)
Thu, 27 May 1999 10:37:34 -0500
At 05:39 PM 5/20/99 +0000, Vik wrote:
>There's a problem with machines that use small screens (640x480 and so
>forth) under Linux. Abiword has the top and bottom window edges above
>and below the edge of the X desktop. This makes it impossible to drag
>the top edges or any of the corners to resize the Abiword screen.
>
>A way of setting the X & Y sizes of the Abiword window would be much
>appreciated. I've tried it on another PC with a larger screen and very
>much like what you guys have done.
This is logged as bug #224, the current status of which is postponed. I
went ahead and reopened it. Basically, we do not obey -geometry directives
so you cannot set the initial window size. This is one of those bugs that
someone might want to tackle to get their feet wet. If you want it, claim
yourself as owner instead of shaw, who hands are quite full right now.
Robert Sievers
Open Source Evangelist
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