Display resolutions

[Biju Chacko]

On Thu, 2 Jan 2003 09:42:21 -0800 (PST), Rich Shepard wrote:

>   My monitor is set to display at 1024x768 pixels, and all
>   applications come
> up at that resolution. Except, ... this morning I opened my
> spreadsheet app(XessSE) and it came up huge; looks like 800x600
> pixels. Never did that before. It's not opened in a virtual terminal,
> but by invoking the executable directly.
> 
>   I'm trying to figure out 1) why this sudden change and 2) how to get
>   it
> back to a more readable size. I've written the vendor asking if
> there's something in their stuff that might have changed. Now I'm
> writing here to see if there's anything within Xfce that might cause a
> single application to display at a different screen resolution.
> 
>   All thoughts appreciated.

I don't think it's technically possible that one window be at a
different resolution from the rest. More likely is that there is some
screw up with the fonts -- chances are that for some reason your app is
only able to pick up large fonts and is resizing itself accordingly.

-- b

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