Re: fullscreen and gnome

[James Cloos]

>>>>> "Patrick" == Patrick Drechsler <address@hidden> writes:

Patrick> Thank you Jan, your example code works fine. But as mentioned
Patrick> in my original post I was looking for a solution which is
Patrick> independent of the window manager/OS in use. I guess I'll
Patrick> just stick with the --geometry parameter.

The technique Jan used for maximizing is the same as the technique
that the -fs flag uses to do full screen.  Both just set the window
manager hints for the specified display options.

The _NET_WM_STATE hints are standardized.  All modern window managers
should use them.

As such, they should be supported by everthing that you use.

You can run this on each platform to confirm:

:; xlsatoms |egrep _NET_WM

And you can use xprop to see the settings for any given window.  As an
example, I get this for the emacs frame I'm writing this in:

,----<xprop of an emacs frame>
| :; xprop
| _MOTIF_DRAG_RECEIVER_INFO(_MOTIF_DRAG_RECEIVER_INFO) = 0x6c, 0x0, 0x5, 0x0, 
0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
| XdndAware(ATOM) = BITMAP
| _ICEWM_TRAY(CARDINAL) = 0
| _WIN_LAYER(CARDINAL) = 4
| _NET_WM_DESKTOP(CARDINAL) = 0
| _WIN_WORKSPACE(CARDINAL) = 0
| WM_STATE(WM_STATE):
|               window state: Normal
|               icon window: 0x0
| _NET_WM_STATE(ATOM) = _NET_WM_STATE_MAXIMIZED_VERT, 
_NET_WM_STATE_MAXIMIZED_HORZ
| _WIN_STATE(CARDINAL) = 12, 63
| WM_PROTOCOLS(ATOM): protocols  WM_DELETE_WINDOW, WM_TAKE_FOCUS, 
WM_SAVE_YOURSELF
| WM_CLIENT_LEADER(WINDOW): window id # 0xe00058
| WM_LOCALE_NAME(STRING) = "en_US.UTF-8"
| WM_CLASS(STRING) = "emacs", "Emacs"
| WM_HINTS(WM_HINTS):
|               Client accepts input or input focus: True
|               Initial state is Normal State.
|               bitmap id # to use for icon: 0xe00062
|               bitmap id # of mask for icon: 0xe00064
| WM_NORMAL_HINTS(WM_SIZE_HINTS):
|               program specified size: 1594 by 1124
|               program specified minimum size: 34 by 2
|               program specified resize increment: 8 by 17
|               window gravity: NorthWest
| WM_CLIENT_MACHINE(STRING) = "lugabout"
| WM_ICON_NAME(STRING) = "*wide reply to Patrick Drechsler*"
| WM_NAME(STRING) = "*wide reply to Patrick Drechsler*"
`----

As you can see, I have the window maximized (I used the wm's button on
the windows title bar to maximize it).

I'd expect that you will find that Jan's solution will Just Work.

-JimC
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