Configuring window size and location

Example of specifying window geometry

This section provides a comprehensive example that ties together many of the concepts and procedures discussed in this chapter.

Let's assume you are an administrator for a system whose X server and clients are accessed by several users. Many of these users have requested that the scoterm client be run in a smaller window.

The following steps result in a smaller system-wide scoterm window.

NOTE: Some full screen programs, vi(C) for example, automatically assume that they are running on a window that is 80 characters wide by 25 characters high. If you change the width and height dimensions on a terminal emulator, you might also need to set the $LINES and $COLUMNS environment variables to match the new terminal emulator geometry.

Log into the system as root.
Change directories to /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults and locate the file named ScoTerm. This is the default resource file that you need to edit to make your geometry changes.
Open the ScoTerm file for editing and search for ScoTermgeometry. (If this entry does not exist, enter the geometry specified in step 4.) For the purposes of this example, let's assume the line that contains this resource looks like this:
```
   ScoTerm*geometry: 80x25+0+0
```
Comment out this line. By commenting out the default resource setting, instead of simply deleting the line, you leave yourself a safeguard. You can always return to this default if you make a mistake when setting a new geometry value.
Now open a line immediately below the resource you just commented out (or if a resource was not previously set, open a line anywhere in the file). After seeing that the default size of the scoterm window was 80 characters wide by 25 characters high, you decide that 60 by 20 would be a size that would satisfy your users. Enter your new geometry specification:

ScoTerm*geometry: 60x20
Notice that you do not have to specify the location of the scoterm window. If you want to make sure the old location remains the same, specify the old x and y coordinates on the line you add, directly after 60x20. If ScoTerm does not specify a default location, the window manager positions it.
Save and exit the ScoTerm file.
To test the new scoterm geometry, start a Graphical Environment session, by entering the following command at the prompt:

startx &
Run the scoterm client. The window should now be 60 characters wide by 20 characters high.