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From: keith@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Keith Packard)
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Subject: Re: R4 Xterm problems
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Date: 5 Jan 90 02:43:14 GMT
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> i'm having the same problem. to be specific - i'm getting a small (approx.
> 80x20 pixel) box with some text (the label of the menu). this is on a Sun

You wouldn't have a resource entry like:

xterm*geometry: 80x24

in your resource file, would you?  If so, you're overriding the
menu widgets size computation which will cause this behaviour.  The R3
version of xterm didn't use a menu widget which avoided this problem.

Use

xterm*vt100.geometry: 80x24

to get the desired behavour.  This is not a problem specific to xterm,
but rather a general misunderstanding of resources.  The X manual
page (./X.man) gives a short overview of resource specifications, a
tutorial on resources is in ./doc/tutorials/resources.txt.

Keith Packard
MIT X Consortium