How do launch aterm fullscreen (solved, more or less)

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mike
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How do launch aterm fullscreen (solved, more or less)

#1 Post by mike »

Hi there, could someone please tell me how I could launch aterm fullscreen?
Thanks in advance... :)
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#2 Post by GuestToo »

i don't think there is a fullscreen option
but you can use the -geometry option with most programs ... for example:

aterm -geometry 1024x700

icewm will automatically resize the window to fill the screen (maximize) if you specify a -geometry size larger than the screen res

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#3 Post by mike »

Thank you Guesttoo.

It's bizarre though, because after experimenting for a while with your suggestion, this code seems to be the closest I can get to aterm being fullcsreen (my screen res. is 1024x768)...

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aterm -geometry 143x51
...which seems strange, as that doesn't seem to be the amount of pixels...

Oh well, it works for my purposes. Thanks again G2 :)

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#4 Post by doopdoop »

-geometry takes either pixel or character size, depending on the application. Terminal emulators usually use the second choice.

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#5 Post by mike »

-geometry takes either pixel or character size
Aaaah, I see.

Thank you for the clarification, doopdoop.

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#6 Post by rarsa »

If you are using IceWM you just press Alt-F11 and it goes full screen. You can do this with any window that can be resized. Alt-F11 restores it back.

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