# gitk geometry bug on OSX

2 messages from 2008-01-18 to 2008-01-21. Participants: Benoit Sigoure, Shawn O. Pearce.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/11668

## Benoit Sigoure, 2008-01-18 16:33

Subject: gitk geometry bug on OSX
Message-ID: <58195B8E-BBFF-4B4D-9986-2D46E5C5BB27@lrde.epita.fr>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/58195B8E-BBFF-4B4D-9986-2D46E5C5BB27%40lrde.epita.fr

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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.

-- 
Benoit Sigoure aka Tsuna
EPITA Research and Development Laboratory

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## Shawn O. Pearce, 2008-01-21 04:52

Subject: Re: gitk geometry bug on OSX
Message-ID: <20080121045207.GI24004@spearce.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20080121045207.GI24004%40spearce.org
In-Reply-To: <58195B8E-BBFF-4B4D-9986-2D46E5C5BB27@lrde.epita.fr>

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

-- 
Shawn.

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