On 26.08.2021 00:32, Keith Thompson wrote:
> Javier <inv...@invalid.invalid> writes:
>> Sivaram Neelakantan <
nsivar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Net net, ignoring why fullscreen makes it overflow, is there any
>>> function/script that can generate a dimension set worth using?
>>
>> From xterm(1):
>>
>> -maximized
>> This option indicates that xterm should ask the window manager
>> to maximize its layout on startup. This corresponds to the
>> maximized resource.
>>
>> Maximizing is not the reverse of iconifying; it is possible to
>> do both with certain window managers.
>>
>> It should work all right thing on any window manager, or at least in
>> those that are ICCCM compliant.
>
> In the environments I use most often (Cygwin on Windows 10 and
> Cinnamon on Ubuntu), `xterm -maximized` does *not* do the same
> thing as launching an xterm and then maximizing it.
>
> `xterm -maximized` creates an xterm window that's big enough to fill
> (almost) the entire display, but it's still an ordinary window that I
> can move around and resize. With or without the `-maximized` option, if
> I click the maximize button (typically in the upper right next to the
> close button) or double-click the title bar, or use an appropriate
> keyboard shortcut, I get a full-screen window that still has a title
> bar, but I can't move or resize it without un-maximizing it.