Re: Linux vs Windows
on Mon, May 19, 2003 at 06:23:43AM +0800, Robert Storey (y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net) wrote:
>
> On Sat, May 17, 2003 at 03:10:44PM -0500, Jesse Meyer wrote:
> > 3) Finished GUI: The GUI of windows software and the OS seems to be
> > more finished then linux. A simple example would be how many linux apps
> > like to maximize so that they are larger then the displayed window
> > space.
>
> If you encounter that problem repeatedly with a particular app, you can solve it by inserting geometry settings like this in your .Xresources (or alternatively, .Xdefaults) file:
Please set your mailer/editor linewrap to 68-75 characters. I strongly
recommend 72 as a good default.
Thank you.
That only works if the program's built against the Xt intrinsics
toolkit. Much of, eg: gtk, isn't. Which is why X resources don't work
with GNOME apps. Testing against Abiword, '-geometry' is ignored.
Peace.
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What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand?
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