> Jon TURNEY wrote on Tuesday, December 16, 2008 6:48 PM:: > >> Gionatan Danti wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> I have a question regarding CygWin/X. >>> >>> I would like to know if there is a method to scale a window, similar >>> to what is possible with UltraVNC and its scaling option. >>> >>> To be more clear, I will explain my setup. I have a Linux server >>> where run a fixed-resolution application: it's window can't be >>> resized and/or maximized. When I connect to this Linux server via >>> CygWin and SSH X forwarding, I can maximize the window (because >>> CygWin start in multiwindow mode and use it's own window manager), >>> but the majority of the maximized window is empty (it's white). >> >> This sounds like a bug. Ideally, the Cygwin/X multiwindow mode >> window manager should also take note of the hint that this window >> isn't resizable/maximizable and not allow it to be maximized. > > I agree > >>> I would like to know if there is a method to scale the image so that >>> it can fit completely the maximized window (eg: by mean of linear / >>> bilinear filtering). >> >> This feature doesn't exist. > > Agree again, but it would be nice. Perhaps with a fully hardware > accelerated GL, compiz or similar would be usable? > > On the other hand, almost all X applications support the -geometry > option, and/or setting the font, so even though it isn't resizable, it > may be possible to run it with a larger window initially, and by using > a larger font achieve a similar (perhaps better) result. > > Phil
Mmm... an interesting tip... I must try it, indeed! Thanks. -- Gionatan Danti Assyoma s.r.l. email: [email protected] - [email protected] -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
