Re: VirtualBOX additions (again)

[Chavdar Ivanov <ci4ic4%gmail.com@localhost>]

Actually, resizing with ctwm works just fine, even the delay seems to
be not more than a couple of seconds. What is not working for me is
the screen menus for [c]twm. They work fine with xfce4 and lxde
though, so its not like the event is not recognized. Strange.

On Sat, 12 Jan 2019 at 16:55, Rhialto <rhialto%falu.nl@localhost> wrote:
>
> On Fri 11 Jan 2019 at 16:49:36 +0000, Chavdar Ivanov wrote:
> > To get the window resizing I had to install my compiled version of
> > VirtualBox guest utilities; it works, but resizing is a bit, shall I
> > say, reluctant - works sometimes, usually when expanding, when
> > shrinking the window it doesn't or there is a delay. My guest
> > utilities are built from trunk, so everything is possible.
>
> twm and ctwm don't really know yet about screens that change size. ctwm
> in the development version is a lot more advanced by now than the one
> included in NetBSD base, but you can already use the following trick.
> Since (c)twm is quick at restarting and pretty good at keeping your
> window arrangements, you can create a key combination for this. There is
> also a "restart" menu item in the default configuration. Simply restart
> it when the screen changes, and it is good to go.
>
> Key combination Alt + Pause (put this near the top of your .ctwmrcr .twmrc):
>
> # EMERGENCY BINDING
> # In case CTWM fails for some unknown reason, set up this first.
> # Arrange so "Alt-Pause" will re-read ctwm's RC file.
> # Otherwise we may not be able to get to the "Restart" menu item.
> "Pause" = m : r|w|t|m|f : f.twmrc
>
> -Olaf.
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