Re: FVWM: FWD: Re: [TAG] determining screen resolution

From: Dan Espen <dane_at_mk.telcordia.com>
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 08:39:31 -0400

Glen Lee Edwards <Glen_at_fcwm.org> writes:
> Dan,
>
> As a follow up to this letter, I checked xrdb. The window values for width a
> nd
> height are also showing the largest screen resolution listed in XF86Config
> regardless of what the actual settings are:
>
> tty/dev/pts/5 glenlee_at_members [Tue Oct 9 01:02:49]
> Directory: ~
> $ xrdb -symbols
> <edit>
> -DWIDTH=1152
> -DHEIGHT=864

I'm far from an expert on XFree but I don't believe it provides an API
to get the current visible area when you use KP_plus to change
resolution. As far as X and Fvwm are concerned, you still have a full
size screen.

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