Re: FVWM: text in window decor set too low

From: Joel Smith <joel_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 19:56:32 -0500

> On 27 Jan 2004 21:42:48 -0500, Joel Smith wrote:
> >
> > > On 26 Jan 2004 23:47:38 -0500, Joel Smith wrote:
> > > >
> > > > i'm not quite sure how to explain this. the symptom is that the text
> > > > at the top of every window is set too low, so the top of the
> > > > application cuts it off. this happens for most buttonstyle,
> > > > titlestyle i've copied from other examples. i believe the default
> > > > style, i.e. .fvwm2rc is blank as far as buttonstyle goes, is fine. is
> > > > there something i'm missing here? thanks.
> > >
> > > You defined a font that does not work well with your TitleStyle Height.
> > >
> > > Increase "TitleStyle Height" or "TitleStyle MinHeight" in your
> > > configuration, or remove it completely, so a good title height is used.
> > > Or use a smaller font.
> >
> > Your suggestion worked. Originally I had
> >
> > TitleStyle LeftJustified Height 14
> >
> > I changed it to
> >
> > TitleStyle LeftJustified Height 20
> >
> > but now a separator line cuts the bottom of the text. it's like the
> > text moved up but the separator line now has the same relationship
> > with the text as the top of the window application, i.e. the separator
> > line touches the bottom of the text the same way the window
> > application used to.
>
> Well, if you insist on using this small decoration image for titlebar,
> then you should use my other suggestion - define a smaller font.
>
> Or don't use a decoration that is hardcoded to 14 pixels.
> There are several such themes in fvwm-themes that use an image with a
> horisontal line at Y=17 if you start to count from the top Y=1. On the
> other hand, many themes work reasonably well with any title height.
>
> You can't have both large font and such decorations designed for "title
> height 14 or 17 with small font".
>
> It may also sometime (not always) help to change "TitleStyle Pixmap" in
> your decoration to "TitleStyle AdjustedPixmap", in 2.5.x.
>
> > I captured a window in a gif, but it's 150K. Let me know if I should
> > send it.
>
> No, You should not send anything larger than a few dozens of Kb to
> mailing lists. But you may always post an url if you have a web space.
>
> Regards,
> Mikhael.
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You were right. I had to use a smaller font.
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Received on Sat Jan 31 2004 - 18:57:54 GMT

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