Timeline for How can I change x11 window size programatically?
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| Mar 8, 2019 at 19:45 | answer | added | jksoegaard | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 8, 2019 at 15:02 | comment | added | user3439894 |
You would probably have to write something in Objective-C (or possibly AppleScriptObjC), but basic AppleScript, e.g. tell application "System Events" to get properties of process "XQuartz" returns false for has scripting terminology. So even the most basic command e.g. tell application "XQuartz" to close window 1 returns error "XQuartz got an error: window 1 doesn’t understand the “close” message." number -1708 from window 1
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| Mar 8, 2019 at 14:50 | comment | added | tsujp | That explains a lot. How do I go about issuing commands to it? Is there some interface I can use? | |
| Mar 8, 2019 at 14:46 | comment | added | user3439894 | XQuartz does not support scripting by AppleScript. | |
| Mar 8, 2019 at 14:32 | comment | added | tsujp | @nohillside there are no handles to complete a resize | |
| Mar 8, 2019 at 14:30 | comment | added | nohillside♦ | Can you enlarge it manually by dragging the corner? Does the content (the game) resize accordingly if you do? | |
| Mar 8, 2019 at 14:23 | comment | added | tsujp |
@nohillside the program in question is launched with wine and then must be resized after launched. It is an oldschool game running at 800x600 and I want to set it to 1600x1200. Editing the registry doesn't work, editing the virtual desktop size in wine doesn't work. It always forces itself back to 800x600 so I want to see if I can force the window size on the host machine, for that I need to resize an already running x11 window so I cannot use -geometry.
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| Mar 8, 2019 at 14:15 | comment | added | nohillside♦ |
Can't you just run xterm -geometry 72x35 ...?
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| Mar 8, 2019 at 14:11 | history | asked | tsujp | CC BY-SA 4.0 |