Windows scaling

Jon TURNEY jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk
Tue Jan 6 20:57:00 GMT 2009


Jon TURNEY wrote:
> Gionatan Danti wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I have a question regarding CygWin/X.
>>
>> I would like to know if there is a method to scale a window, similar to
>> what is possible with UltraVNC and its scaling option.
>>
>> To be more clear, I will explain my setup. I have a Linux server where
>> run a fixed-resolution application: it's window can't be resized and/or
>> maximized. When I connect to this Linux server via CygWin and SSH X 
>> forwarding, I
>> can maximize the window (because CygWin start in multiwindow mode and
>> use it's own window manager), but the majority of the maximized window
>> is empty (it's white).
> 
> This sounds like a bug.  Ideally, the Cygwin/X multiwindow mode window 
> manager should also take note of the hint that this window isn't 
> resizable/maximizable and not allow it to be maximized.

Can you provide the output of running 'xprop' and then clicking on this window 
which shouldn't be resizable, please?


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