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    From Mike Scott@3:770/3 to All on Tuesday, May 02, 2023 13:50:42
    XPost: alt.os.linux.mint

    I suspect the answer will be "can't" - but I'm trying to set the initial
    window size for lingot when it starts up. It differs between raspberry
    pi OS and Mint, and playing with .Xresources doesn't seem to help.

    Can it be done, and how? It starts much larger on Mint (MATE), and I
    need it to be a lot larger on RPi (no mouse on system for easy resizing,
    for one thing).

    I'm not sure it makes a difference, but the Pi is running with the lwm
    window manager.

    TIA.

    --
    Mike Scott
    Harlow, England

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  • From Paul@3:770/3 to Mike Scott on Tuesday, May 02, 2023 20:32:04
    XPost: alt.os.linux.mint

    On 5/2/2023 8:50 AM, Mike Scott wrote:
    I suspect the answer will be "can't" - but I'm trying to set the initial window size for lingot when it starts up. It differs between raspberry pi OS and Mint, and playing with .Xresources doesn't seem to help.

    Can it be done, and how? It starts much larger on Mint (MATE), and I need it to be a lot larger on RPi (no mouse on system for easy resizing, for one thing).

    I'm not sure it makes a difference, but the Pi is running with the lwm window manager.

    TIA.


    There does not seem to be an awareness of the issue.
    Settings don't point that way.

    https://github.com/pravus/home/blob/master/.lingot/lingot.conf

    https://www.linuxlinks.com/lingot/

    "Originally conceived to tune electric guitars,
    it can now be used to tune any instrument."

    Now, look at the decorations on the window. Hmmm.

    https://www.nongnu.org/lingot/

    There is only an "X" to exit the application.

    The other decorations are missing.

    The indifference to convention, suggests just about
    anything is possible. Or not possible. It's more
    of a "widget" than a "program".

    It suggests Mike Scott will fork the code,
    and fix this :-)

    Maybe they're teasing us ? Maybe they think
    they're "reinventing the wheel" ? Would
    a round wheel work, I wonder ?

    https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/lingot/

    "Lingot 1.1.0 ready!

    Main window resizing aspect ratio unconstrained.
    "

    This deserves some sort of prize, like a banana taped to a wall.

    https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/EB7D/production/_129558206_gettyimages-1354378345.jpg.webp

    Paul

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  • From Mike Scott@3:770/3 to Paul on Wednesday, May 03, 2023 09:37:36
    XPost: alt.os.linux.mint

    On 03/05/2023 01:32, Paul wrote:
    On 5/2/2023 8:50 AM, Mike Scott wrote:
    I suspect the answer will be "can't" - but I'm trying to set the
    initial window size for lingot when it starts up. It differs between
    raspberry pi OS and Mint, and playing with .Xresources doesn't seem to
    help.

    Can it be done, and how? It starts much larger on Mint (MATE), and I
    need it to be a lot larger on RPi (no mouse on system for easy
    resizing, for one thing).

    I'm not sure it makes a difference, but the Pi is running with the lwm
    window manager.

    TIA.


    There does not seem to be an awareness of the issue.
    Settings don't point that way.

    https://github.com/pravus/home/blob/master/.lingot/lingot.conf

    https://www.linuxlinks.com/lingot/

       "Originally conceived to tune electric guitars,
        it can now be used to tune any instrument."

    Now, look at the decorations on the window. Hmmm.

       https://www.nongnu.org/lingot/

    There is only an "X" to exit the application.

    The other decorations are missing.
    ....

    Thanks for the reply.

    The image at www.nongnu.org/lingot/ is misleading - on MATE I get a full
    set of decorations, while on the PI under lwm I get none at all, but
    with the default WM, again a full set.

    It turns out though that there's a second config file, ~/.config/lingot/ui-settings.json which sets a size and position. The
    size is honoured, position AFAICS is not.

    But I had to go to the source to find out.




    --
    Mike Scott
    Harlow, England

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