Just to clarify, I am referring only to the very first time kdenlive starts and the user does not yet have a saved state to restore from. Of course when it starts thereafter it should restore the previously saved state.
On 4/1/10, John T. Mertz <thatonefilm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry, it will start 'maximized', not 'full' > > I think the opposite, that it is quite annoying that a video editing > app, which requires as much screen estate as possible, does not start > maximized (on first start). Or at least large enough to be usable at > startup. There are a lot of apps that start maximized if it fits the > application. Kdenlive is not a simple audio or video player > application that only requires a small amount of space, or any other > similar app that requires a very limited amount of screen space to be > usable. > > IMO there should at least be a set start size for the application that > gives the different widgets ample room to be viewed (unless the screen > size is smaller than the optimal defaults) it doesn't appear that this > is the case, since afaik kdenlive just calls show() to display the > main window but doesn't set the size. > > On 4/1/10, Dan Dennedy <d...@dennedy.org> wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 11:05 AM, John T. Mertz <thatonefilm...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> Is there a reason kdenlive does not start maximized by default? >> >> because it may be considered rude. How many applications you know >> start maximized? The size is sticky between sessions as it should be. >> good enough and as it should be IMO >> >>> I saw the notes about showMaximized() not working 100% correctly in >>> all window managers in X11, but if it works for most, it seems better >>> to default to full screen than not. >>> >>> Currently if I delete my settings file then open kdenlive with default >>> settings, after going through the wizard kdenlive opens at >>> approximately 25% of my full screen resolution. And I don't have a >>> huge screen size either. >>> >>> Using showMaximized instead opens it full screen. >> >> full or maximized? >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval >> Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs >> proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. >> See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Kdenlive-devel mailing list >> Kdenlive-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kdenlive-devel >> > > -- > Sent from my mobile device > -- Sent from my mobile device ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Kdenlive-devel mailing list Kdenlive-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kdenlive-devel
