Hi --

This will sound like a nit but see below ... when I launch ROXterm from the menu (using the 'terminal' icon at the top of the rox-icewm menu) it's spawned as an approximately 1" tall by 2.5" wide thing.

Two things about this that make it more of a pain than it ought to be:

1) there is at least one (CC?) app that tries to launch inside this when it is initiated, and can't because of the size (sorry - I can't remember which one at this point);

2) the touchpad on this netbook makes it tougher than it should be to grab the corner of the terminal and make it bigger.

How do I change the default, as-launched size? I know I can just switch default terminal to s/t else but I would like to know how to change the behavior.

Thanks,

Glenn

Normally, if you drag the lower corner to a certain size, whilst it is not in the 'maximised' setting, it gets saved at that size, for when you next start it.

Simply take another terminal.

They do not bring it ...

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roxterm is broken (sadly) in stretch and sid and the dev is not willing to fix it, so antiX-17 will ship with lxterminal.

Thanks, all. Sorry to hear ROXterm is sick. :/

Having a good time with antiX.

there is at least one (CC?) app that tries to launch inside this when it is initiated, and can't because of the size
(sorry - I can't remember which one at this point);

If your desktop (or console) resolution is set to, say, 800x600...
possibly, usage at that low res wasn't thoroughly beta tested and you're seeing something that others haven't.

So that this might be investigated/fixed, it's important to hear: What antiX version, and are your packages up-to-date? Which particular CC app?

How do I change the default, as-launched size? I know I can just switch default terminal to s/t else but I would like to know how to change the behavior.

If you are in a fluxbox session, you can right-click the title bar of any window and, from the menu, choose"Remember..." and
specify which details to preserve as"defaults" for reuse (position and/or dimensions etc).
Afterward, close and relaunch the app. Your"remember" settings will be immediately applied (and will remain in effect, across sessions)

Fluxbox saves these instructions to ~./fluxbox/apps
In a text editor, you can view/edit/tweak the contents of your apps file.
When you do, you'll notice that the instructions can be very precise/granular, so that a given rule
only matches (is only applied to) windows bearing a specific title, or a specific windowclass.
To learn more, refer to `man fluxbox-apps`

Someone else may followup to point out which per-windowclass defaults are available undeer JWM and/or IceWM.

male wrote:Simply take another terminal.

They do not bring it ...

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from the bug report you linked: In my post above, I didn't consider the possibility that what chemix is reporting might be the result of a CC item employing"--geometry" commandline arguments.

On my system, there's no GTK3 in the mix. I tested"roxterm --geometry 300x600" and got a VERY wonky result.
Apparently, during previous use, I had created a"Remember..." size+position rule for fluxbox.
Launching roxterm with the geometry arg now causes a conflict (battle) between fluxbox and the app, struggling to achieve the dimensions specified in the launchstring.

I tested several times; unpredictable (and undesirable) results each time, like:
toolbar button but no window, fluxbox refuses to deiconify the app, must right-click close the toolbar button.

my takeaway:
(not specific to roxterm, or gtk3, or CC)
distro-default launchstrings containing geometry arguments should be avoided