On Sat, 10 May 2014 10:14:09 -0600 Aere Greenway <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 05/10/2014 05:53 AM, Ali Linx wrote: > > Yes, I can resize that - not sure I explained that? - but not all the > > application allows you to do so. Some applications/tools by default, > > are drawn in a way that none of the edges or borders are cut-off so I > > can read exactly everything without resizing and sometimes with > > resizing. However, some applications/tools don't actually allow you to > > do that or these do but to a certain point where you can't go further > > and after all, it is useless and you still miss the bottom part. > Ali: > > The application I tested, is the one I have developed, and I used it for > testing because I understand how it works internally, and because of > developing it, I am aware of the internal things the developer can specify. > > It is written in Java, and uses the Swing GUI. So it differs from most > applications on Linux, which are written in C++, and likely use QT (or > GTK) for the GUI. > > I am assuming that the things available to the developer in Java/Swing > are similar to what is available to developers using Qt and C++. That > assumption could very well be wrong. I don't actually know. > > Certainly, there is the capability to maximize the window available. I > didn't mention it because we were addressing cases where part of the > window is cut-off. Maximizing would introduce the possibility of it > being cut-off width-wise as well. > > In your paragraph above, you have a good point. > > Normally, when you paint a window, it will display it using the > 'preferred' dimensions. > > However (and I may fix this in my application - I hadn't thought of it), > the application is (or can be) aware of the screen dimensions available, > and can act accordingly. > > To fix it, if the screen is too small for the window, I could (and > should) at least set the window size to its minimum dimensions, rather > than allowing it to be painted in its 'preferred' dimensions. In the > case of my application, the minimum dimensions will still not be enough, > but it would help. Thank you for pointing out a bug in my application! > > As for what package you would report the problem, it would be each > individual application that exhibits the problem, which is probably a > lot of packages. > > By the way, when my web-site goes live (which will be soon), I plan to > post a short e-mail to this list (if it is permissible) giving the URL > of my web-site, and people (if they are interested) can take a look at > what I have been doing since January of 2012. It is a MIDI music > application, which (I think) is amazing in what it can do. > > Anyway, I hope this information helps. I need to go make a small fix to > my application. > > -- > Sincerely, > Aere > > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users I wonder if there could be a hard workaround using the openbox per application settings to change the suggested size for the application to make it fit. I am not sure how exactly to do that but I remember seeing it in ~/.config/openbox/lubuntu-rc.xml but I don't know that part of openbox configuration if that properties is allowed or what it would be called. I don't think a new user would be capable of this at all. -- brendanperrine <[email protected]> -- Lubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
