Qcad.dsl display size -too big Help!Forum: Apps Topic: Qcad.dsl display size -too big Help! started by: Delboy Posted by Delboy on Nov. 14 2004,22:20
My old digital hinote notebook 12.5 inch TFT display has been absolutely fine for 9 months set at fb8600x600 at boot and HD installed at the same setting with the exception of 3 DSL apps. which have been too big for the screen:- the recent opera .dsl, an earlier version of ABS spreadsheet when it first came out in DSL and now Qcad. Opera I am not bothered with and ABS was rectified by advice to add a parameter of '-geometry 640x480' somewhere. When I made a desktop icon for ABS I had tomake a home/.xtdesktop/abs.ink file with the command line ending in the same '-geometry 640x480' to make it open sized correctly. Now Qcad.dsl, which I would really like to use on this machine, is also about 8mm too big to each margin but remains that way when I edit the automatic qcad.ink file in .xtdesktop same as for ABS ie.: command: /opt/start_qcad -geometry 640x480 I have also tried adding the line inside the start_qcad file itself. No good - display is still too big. Any ideas? (This programme opens up correctly without tinkering on my PC box/monitor) Posted by Delboy on Nov. 18 2004,09:56
Anyone?Any help would be much appreciated Posted by mikshaw on Nov. 18 2004,15:43
If you're running it within Fluxbox you should be able to resize by holding Alt while dragging with the right mouse button.I don't know qcad, so I can't say what its command options are. Try typing "qcad -h" or "qcad --help" to get a list of options...perhaps it's not "-geometry" but maybe "-geom" or just "g", or maybe it's "--geometry" with two dashes...or maybe you can't set the geometry as an option. If this doesn't help, consult the man page for qcad...it should give you all command options, as well as telling you what config file(s) it uses, if any. Posted by Delboy on Nov. 19 2004,09:45
Many thanks Mikshaw - sounds promising I'll give them a go.
Posted by Delboy on Nov. 20 2004,22:22
Mikshaw, your first suggestion using the alt button and dragging the edges did the trick. Once I could bring the top left square 'fit to screen' button into view and click it, the display was corrected to the TFT perimeter, and at the right scale too ie. menus and tool bars are not oversized. It stays this way after reboot - thanks again.
Posted by mikshaw on Nov. 21 2004,18:14
Cool. Just an extra note: using Alt+drag, you don't need to be concerned about edges...just drag anywhere within the window and it will resize. In Fluxbox the Alt key prevents clicks from being passed to applications so that it can do this and other window-related tasks. The same works with the left button for moving a window...just grab it anywhere.
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