reassign 664161 ksmserver thanks On sam., 2012-03-17 at 10:21 -0600, James wrote: > > As far as I remember, the “maximized” state is a property of the window > > manager. Which one are you using? > > compiz-core 0.8.4-5.1
Ok. > > > In terminal case, xfce4-terminal uses a single process for all windows, > > so any --maximize argument passed to the process is completely > > irrelevant. > > Sorry, I don't understand. What other "case" is there for a terminal > emulator? Hmm, perhaps you meant "role"? I see that the session command line > has "--role=Terminal-0x..." and that "man xfce4-terminal" has > > --role=role > Sets the window role of the last-specified window to role. Applies to only > one window and can be specified once for each window you create from the > command line. It is mostly used for session management inside Terminal > > The man page fails to illiterate the available "roles" and fails to explain > the meaning of "role=Terminal...". A quick look at google fails to provide > any further insight. What is "role=Terminal..."? You're over-complicating things. xfce4-terminal uses only one process for every window, that's all. > > Also, "man xfce4-terminal" has > > Window or Tab Separators > --tab > --window > Open a new window containing one tab; more than one of these options can be > provided. > > and > > Window Options > --maximize > Set the last-specified window into maximized mode; applies to only one > window; can be specified once for each window you create from the command > line. > > So, when xfce4-terminal is started from the command line, why does the command > line argument "--window --maximize --window --maximize ..." become irrelevant > in "terminal case"? Trying it, it seems to work as expected, so, I'm not > understanding. It's not, indeed. > > > Here, the maximized status is correctly restored (either by > > xfwm4 or xfme4-session) so I guess it might be a kde issue. > > "ps waxl" says that the xfce4-terminal process being is started by kdeinit4, > and the xfce4-terminal command line which is generated is rather complex, > describing very explicitly the previous state of the xfce4-terminal session, > seemingly including everything _except_ "--maximize". Ok, so KDE session manager is not correctly restoring that state. Reassigning. > > I did try cutting and pasting the xfce4-terminal command line from "ps", > leaving out what appears to be a session ID number extension following > "Terminal" in "--role=Terminal", and it works perfectly. Indeed. > > And, playing around with different numbers of windows and tabs on the command > line, with and without "--maximize", "--maximize" seems to do exactly what > would be expected, noting the importance of distinguishing "--geometry=<some > large size>" from "--maximize". > > So, it seems rather obvious that the problem is a missing "--maximize" > somewhere in the regenerated session command line. > > Did you mean to suggest, when saying that xfwm4 or xfme4-session correctly > restores the maximized status, that there is an explicit "--maximize" option > on the command line? And that the resulting window is actually "maximized", > noting the window-decoration maximize-button state, and is not just a "large" > geometry window? > > And then, which process generates this session command line, xfce4-terminal or > kde4? Can you confirm that kde4 is responsible for generating the > xfce4-terminal command line, and then presumably failing to check for > "maximize" state? > > BTW, can you say anything about the window size when maximized? Is the window > suppose to fill the entire area available? Or only up to some multiple of > character sizes, with empty space around the outside? > > Thanks > > James > -- Yves-Alexis
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