WinXP Taskbar Overlaps Maximized xterm

[Tim Daneliuk]

Tim Daneliuk wrote:
> Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote:
>> Tim Daneliuk wrote:
>>> I have DAGS and looked at the cygwin FAQ but cannot seem to find this
>>> problem addressed, so ...
>>>
>>> When I maximize an xterm on my WinXP workstation, it gets sized so that
>>> the Windows taskbar slighty overlaps the bottom of the xterm window.
>>> This makes it very difficult to read the last line on the xterm display.
>>> Is there a fix/workaround for this?
>>
>>
>> How xterm maximizes is controlled by the window manager.  If you're
>> running in -multiwindow mode, you may want to consider using another
>> window manager that can take into account the task bar (in that
> 
> But doesn't -multiwindow mode effectively use the native WinXP window
> management system (that should know about its own task bar size)?
> 


A bit more poking around and I discovered that this behavior is font-size
sensitive.  If I start xterm with either an -fn 10x20 argument or select
the "Huge" font option once xterm has started, I get this problem of
the xterm window being slightly overwritten by the taskbar when xterm
is maximized.  With smaller fonts, this problem disappears.  I dunno
if that helps figuring out what is going on or not ...


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