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EnvoyRising

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Registered: 2008-08-08

Posts: 118

DWM + Terminal = Gaps

No matter what terminal I use (tested with xterm, urxvt, sakura, and roxterm), I still get extra padding around my terminal windows on the screen edges. This happens in both monocle and tiling mode.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

abstracity

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From: Houston, USA

Registered: 2007-08-08

Posts: 83

Re: DWM + Terminal = Gaps

That's because those terminals respect resize hints.  Make sure static Bool resizehints = False in your config.h

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elmer_42

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From: /na/usa/ca

Registered: 2008-10-11

Posts: 427

Re: DWM + Terminal = Gaps

I just tried doing that, and it doesn't look too pretty with urxvt. This is what it looks like:

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EnvoyRising

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Registered: 2008-08-08

Posts: 118

Re: DWM + Terminal = Gaps

abstracity: worked like a charm, thanks.
elmer_42: strange, i just tried it with urxvt and it worked fine.

cardinals_fan

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From: /dev/null

Registered: 2008-02-03

Posts: 248

Re: DWM + Terminal = Gaps

Works grandly with urxvt for me.

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ArchGh0ul

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Registered: 2008-10-23

Posts: 96

Re: DWM + Terminal = Gaps

I use Ratpoison but the idea is the same...
Gaps appear because the terminal size is set according to the font height..not in pixels
You can just adjust the fontFace size OR do what I did and set the background color of the terminal to the same color as the desktop background ( I assume you don't have an image as a background since you're using a tiling window manager)

Last edited by ArchGh0ul (2008-11-13 09:30:15)

moljac024

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From: Serbia

Registered: 2008-01-29

Posts: 2,676

Re: DWM + Terminal = Gaps

I use Ratpoison but the idea is the same...
Gaps appear because the terminal size is set according to the font height..not in pixels
You can just adjust the fontFace size OR do what I did and set the background color of the terminal to the same color as the desktop background ( I assume you don't have an image as a background since you're using a tiling window manager)

I'm using a tiling window manager with a wallpaper. Ooops, am I doing it wrong? I even have transparent terminals!

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ArchGh0ul

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Registered: 2008-10-23

Posts: 96

Re: DWM + Terminal = Gaps

I use Ratpoison but the idea is the same...
Gaps appear because the terminal size is set according to the font height..not in pixels
You can just adjust the fontFace size OR do what I did and set the background color of the terminal to the same color as the desktop background ( I assume you don't have an image as a background since you're using a tiling window manager)

I'm using a tiling window manager with a wallpaper. Ooops, am I doing it wrong? I even have transparent terminals!

Well of course it's not wrong you can set whatever you want on your root window. but I find them useless in tiling window managers.

moljac024

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From: Serbia

Registered: 2008-01-29

Posts: 2,676

Re: DWM + Terminal = Gaps

I use Ratpoison but the idea is the same...
Gaps appear because the terminal size is set according to the font height..not in pixels
You can just adjust the fontFace size OR do what I did and set the background color of the terminal to the same color as the desktop background ( I assume you don't have an image as a background since you're using a tiling window manager)

I'm using a tiling window manager with a wallpaper. Ooops, am I doing it wrong? I even have transparent terminals!

Well of course it's not wrong you can set whatever you want on your root window. but I find them useless in tiling window managers.

Sarcasm tags were needed in the previous post, it was a rhetorical question. Anyway, yes, the wallpaper is useless in a tiling window manager....unless you have transparent terminals!!

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b3n

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Registered: 2008-11-12

Posts: 20

Re: DWM + Terminal = Gaps

Anyway, yes, the wallpaper is useless in a tiling window manager....unless you have transparent terminals!!

Which are also useless.

cardinals_fan

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From: /dev/null

Registered: 2008-02-03

Posts: 248

Re: DWM + Terminal = Gaps

Sarcasm tags were needed in the previous post, it was a rhetorical question. Anyway, yes, the wallpaper is useless in a tiling window manager....unless you have transparent terminals!!

Why?  I sometimes like to look at my desktop.  A wallpaper has no point when an app is active because you're working with the app.

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phrakture

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Registered: 2003-10-29

Posts: 7,879

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Re: DWM + Terminal = Gaps

I use Ratpoison but the idea is the same...
Gaps appear because the terminal size is set according to the font height..not in pixels
You can just adjust the fontFace size OR do what I did and set the background color of the terminal to the same color as the desktop background ( I assume you don't have an image as a background since you're using a tiling window manager)

Hah. I do the same thing. "Bah, set it to black!".

Figuring out font sizes and paddings works fine until you switch monitors or use two at the same time. So I gave up 8)

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