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From: smarks@Eng.Sun.COM (Stuart Marks)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look
Subject: Re: Sun 'olwm' "full screen" behavior
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Date: 11 Mar 91 22:14:52 GMT
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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.

s'marks

Stuart W. Marks			ARPA: smarks@eng.sun.com
Windows & Graphics Software	UUCP: sun!smarks
Sun Microsystems, Inc.