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Yeah, I wondered about that too. I remember older, traditional window managers like TWM, FVWM, OpenBOX, etc. show this but most newer "Desktop" environment's wi
by smhenderson 7y ago
Yeah, I wondered about that too. I remember older, traditional window managers like TWM, FVWM, OpenBOX, etc. show this but most newer "Desktop" environment's window managers like XFCE's and Gnome's do not.
Interestingly when sizing a terminal window these WM's show the size in columns and rows and when sizing a "real" window it shows the size in pixels.
Probably an option somewhere to turn it on in newer environments but it's been a while since I used anything but cwm[1] (which does show the window size on resize) so I can't be sure.
[1] calm window manager - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cwm_%28window_manager%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cwm_%28window_manager%29
- gilesgate 7y agoAre you using cwm on OpenBSD or on something else? (Just curious.)
- smhenderson 7y agoOpenBSD is where I discovered it and started using it. First on a laptop that I use to install Beta's and then a few machines at home. I use a Slackware box at work and was delighted when I found a Linux port[1], now I use it everywhere except on Windows. [1] https://github.com/zenlinux/cwm https://github.com/zenlinux/cwm
- kelnos 7y ago> Interestingly when sizing a terminal window these WM's show the size in columns and rows and when sizing a "real" window it shows the size in pixels. IIRC there's a window property the app can set on itself to tell the WM of its "resize increment", as well as a "base size". Since the main use case for that is terminal windows (anything that displays fixed-width text), I think most WMs assume that anything with that set on it cares about rows and columns rather than pixels.