2015-10-28 15:35 GMT+01:00 Peter Uhnák <[email protected]>:

> I think there must be some incompatibility between Pharo and the host
> window manager/desktop environment.
>
> On Debian/dwm (I am using Ubuntu VM) I can reproduce (1), but not (2).
>
> There is however interesting behavior... if I try to switch desktop while
> in fullscreen it doesn't switch, however once I switch back to
> non-fullscreen, suddenly I jump to the other desktop, as if the keyboard
> shortcut for the switch got buffered somewhere...
>
> Opening a issue in FogzBugz is a good idea so it doesn't get forgotten.
>
> Peter
>
> On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 3:15 PM, J.F. Rick <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi everybody,
>>
>> I just upgraded to Ubuntu 15.10 and am using Unity User Interface. I want
>> Pharo to use the full screen (i.e., above the menu bar and launcher).
>> Inside Pharo, I can choose "Toggle full screen mode". This works to some
>> extent but has some problems:
>>
>> (1) I can no longer switch applications or desktops (i.e., pager). So it
>> stops me doing work where I move between Pharo and a browser. This may be
>> expected functionality.
>>
>> (2) More problematically, when I try to switch out of full screen mode by
>> choosing "Toggle full screen mode", the Pharo interface completely
>> disappears (just a giant gray area) and no mouse or keyboard events seem to
>> register. I have to use command line to kill it. In good news, I can use
>> "save and quit" instead and relaunching it just has it in maximum mode
>> (full screen but launcher and menu bar are visible). I can then toggle full
>> screen mode twice to get back to full screen.
>>
>> I searched for this on FogBugz but found nothing. Is there a workaround?
>> This seems like a VM issue. Is there a newer VM that fixes this? I just
>> used the most recent one on the Pharo 4.0 download page.
>>
>> If nobody has a fix, I'll open a case on FogBugz. This isn't a large
>> problem but it would be nice to have this
>>
>
It is a know problem (with possible fixes)
(http://bugs.squeak.org/view.php?id=7812)
You can not switch back from fullscreen on a linux 64-bit system (
http://bugs.squeak.org/view.php?id=7833) (maybe not only 32bit issue, but
just the more recent windowmanager)



>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>
>

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