gitk geometry bug on OSX

Benoit Sigoure· Jan 18, 2008, 16:33 UTC · lore

Hi list, there is another nit which annoys me in gitk. Besides the fact that the maximize button (the green `+' button that is part of Apple-style windows) does not do anything, I can't maximize the window on a 2nd screen even if I try manually. Wild guess: I can't make the window bigger than the maximum area usable on the main screen of my MacBook (max area = screen resolution - area used by the Apple menu - (dock hides automatically ? 0 : min size of dock)).

Whether this is a bug in gitk or in Apple's port of Tcl/Tk (I'm still under Tiger btw), this is another story. But if there's a known workaround for this issue, I'd be great if gitk could include it :-)

So I thought I'd let you know.  Just in case.

Cheers,

PS: I've just checked and, yes, I have the same issue with git-gui.

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Benoit Sigoure aka Tsuna
EPITA Research and Development Laboratory

Shawn O. Pearce· Jan 21, 2008, 04:52 UTC · re: Benoit Sigoure · lore

Re: gitk geometry bug on OSX

Benoit Sigoure <tsuna@lrde.epita.fr> wrote:

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> there is another nit which annoys me in gitk.  Besides the fact that  
> the maximize button (the green `+' button that is part of Apple-style  
> windows) does not do anything, I can't maximize the window on a 2nd  
> screen even if I try manually.  Wild guess: I can't make the window  
> bigger than the maximum area usable on the main screen of my MacBook  
> (max area = screen resolution - area used by the Apple menu - (dock  
> hides automatically ? 0 : min size of dock)).
> 
> Whether this is a bug in gitk or in Apple's port of Tcl/Tk (I'm still  
> under Tiger btw), this is another story.  But if there's a known  
> workaround for this issue, I'd be great if gitk could include it :-)
> 
> PS: I've just checked and, yes, I have the same issue with git-gui.

I'm pretty certain this is an issue with the aqua port of Tcl/Tk and not with git-gui or gitk directly.

git-gui and gitk both maximize correctly under Win32. But you are quite right, here on my Mac OS X system (Tcl/Tk 8.4.10) the maximize button doesn't do anything.

I haven't tried Tcl/Tk 8.5 yet to see if this problem has been resolved by the more recent release.

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Shawn.