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Subject:    [openbox] Ignore size hint for specific applications
From:       ohnonot-github () posteo ! de (ohnonot-github at posteo ! de)
Date:       2018-10-09 20:32:46
Message-ID: 740DE74F-8298-41B6-826F-01FB329B0B1C () posteo ! de
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I know the problem with urxvt (and other terms).
For many years now I've been using a patched rxvt-unicode. Please search \
aur.archlinux.org - The specific patch is called "no resize increment", but some \
packages apply a whole bunch of patches without specifically mentioning it.


On October 7, 2018 10:24:13 AM UTC, Peter Varo <hello at petervaro.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I've been using OpenBox for years now and although I love it there is
> one particular thing that was bugging me for ages before I finally made
> it into a question on one of the StackExchange sites as you can see it
> here:
> 
> https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/473183
> 
> The brilliant answer provided by the user 'mosvy' makes it very clear
> that there is no real workaround for this problem.  Before I asked that
> question I did my investigation and I couldn't find any other
> alternatives myself.
> 
> Now editing the source and recompiling it upon every update is just a
> pain in the bottom (not to mention, that the provided example/solution
> may not even be complete) so I think this really is an issue that
> should be handled by the project maintainers.
> 
> At this point I would appreciate any official support, even like the
> most 'radical' one at the `resize` section:
> 
> <resize>
> ...
> <ignoreSizeHint>yes</ignoreSizeHint>
> </resize>
> 
> Or perhaps a more granular option should be present at the `action`
> level, something like:
> 
> <action name="MoveResizeTo">
> ...
> <ignoreSizeHint>yes</ignoreSizeHint>
> </action>
> 
> Which then could be restricted to specific applications only:
> 
> <action name="If">
> 
> <query>
> 
> <title>MyApp</title>
> 
> </query>
> 
> <then>
> 
> <action name="MoveResizeTo">
> 
> ...
> 
> <ignoreHintSize>yes</ignoreHintSize>
> 
> </action>
> 
> </then>
> 
> <else>
> 
> ...
> 
> </else>
> 
> </action>
> 
> Or maybe all of these possible options combined would give enough
> control to the user over this particular matter.  Either way, I'm very
> interested in any kind of feedback regarding this problem and/or its
> possible solution(s).
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Peter Varo
> —
> Senior Software Engineer
> www.petervaro.com

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