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robot001

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Registered: 2023-06-15

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issue with terminal

HI, so i am a newbie in configuring a WM. I have 2 issues that when i download a WM then the shell in the terminal does not occupy full terminal space see the image at imgur.

https://imgur.com/a/qxa3Hp5

and i believe that this a setting or config i need to setup because if i download someone else config or distro with wm preconfigured then these issues disappear there and these issues are also not in DE. so please tell me what i need  to setup to get this fix.

the other issues is that many icons and emojis don't get render in wm so which packages i need to install and how do i configure them. thanks! I am  currently running Arch linux with hyprland and kitty terminal and these issues are in every WM and even alacritty terminal so please guide me.

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: issue with terminal

Please don't paraphrase, https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Here're generic answers to your generic questions:
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TEs set a size increment != 1x1, based on the dimentions of the used monospace font.
No idea whether you can make hyprland ignore that, but the screenshot looks more like a border/padding setting for the terminal.

if i download someone else config or distro with wm preconfigured then these issues disappear there and these issues are also not in DE. so please tell me what i need  to setup to get this fix.

Look at their configuration?

the other issues is that many icons and emojis

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Fonts# … nd_symbols

Also please don't create shopping list threads and stick to one issue per thread.

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Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

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Re: issue with terminal

Please don't paraphrase

Or if you must, please use your own words.  I saw this thread earlier and just couldn't figure out how to reply.  Robot001, you string together a bunch of words that one might use in posts here - but you don't seem to know what most of them mean - and as an end result, we don't know what you actually mean. (e.g., "downloading a WM" ... that's nonsensical in this context for several reasons).

The only clear information in your post is the image.  That image shows a common result that seth touched on when terminal emulators are tiled: the terminal output must be resized in whole font/glyph multiples so there is often a gap at the edges.  Generally one would configure their terminal to set a background color and fill this pad space appropriately (so the gap is still there, but is no longer awkwardly transparent).

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