RE: Windows scaling

["Gionatan Danti" <g dot danti at assyoma dot it>]

> Jon TURNEY wrote on Tuesday, December 16, 2008 6:48 PM::
>
>> 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.
>
> I agree
>
>>> I would like to know if there is a method to scale the image so that
>>> it can fit completely the maximized window (eg: by mean of linear /
>>> bilinear filtering).
>>
>> This feature doesn't exist.
>
> Agree again, but it would be nice.  Perhaps with a fully hardware
> accelerated GL, compiz or similar would be usable?
>
> On the other hand, almost all X applications support the -geometry
> option, and/or setting the font, so even though it isn't resizable, it
> may be possible to run it with a larger window initially, and by using
> a larger font achieve a similar (perhaps better) result.
>
> Phil

Mmm... an interesting tip...
I must try it, indeed!

Thanks.


-- 
Gionatan Danti
Assyoma s.r.l.
email: g.danti@assyoma.it - info@assyoma.it



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