Display Serious Issue with Lubuntu

[Ali Linx]

On 05/10/2014 08:14 PM, Aere Greenway wrote:
> On 05/10/2014 05:53 AM, Ali Linx wrote:
>> Yes, I can resize that - not sure I explained that? - but not all the 
>> application allows you to do so. Some applications/tools by default, 
>> are drawn in a way that none of the edges or borders are cut-off so I 
>> can read exactly everything without resizing and sometimes with 
>> resizing. However, some applications/tools don't actually allow you 
>> to do that or these do but to a certain point where you can't go 
>> further and after all, it is useless and you still miss the bottom part.
> Ali:
>

Hello Aere and thanks for your reply,

> The application I tested, is the one I have developed, and I used it 
> for testing because I understand how it works internally, and because 
> of developing it, I am aware of the internal things the developer can 
> specify.
>
> It is written in Java, and uses the Swing GUI.  So it differs from 
> most applications on Linux, which are written in C++, and likely use 
> QT (or GTK) for the GUI.

Oh okay :)
>
> I am assuming that the things available to the developer in Java/Swing 
> are similar to what is available to developers using Qt and C++.  That 
> assumption could very well be wrong.  I don't actually know.
No idea, I'm not even close to be a developer/programmer :D
>
> Certainly, there is the capability to maximize the window available.  
> I didn't mention it because we were addressing cases where part of the 
> window is cut-off.  Maximizing would introduce the possibility of it 
> being cut-off width-wise as well.
Yep!

>
> In your paragraph above, you have a good point.
>
> Normally, when you paint a window, it will display it using the 
> 'preferred' dimensions.
>
> However (and I may fix this in my application - I hadn't thought of 
> it), the application is (or can be) aware of the screen dimensions 
> available, and can act accordingly.
Indeed, this is IMHO what should happen in general. I thought that is 
the default 'setting' with applications but it appears it is not.
>
> To fix it, if the screen is too small for the window, I could (and 
> should) at least set the window size to its minimum dimensions, rather 
> than allowing it to be painted in its 'preferred' dimensions.  In the 
> case of my application, the minimum dimensions will still not be 
> enough, but it would help.  Thank you for pointing out a bug in my 
> application!
You welcome :D

IMHO, the maximum default size (default/initial size = the size of the 
window upon running it) of any window should be 'smaller' than the 
resolution of the display. If this is the default settings, then we 
would never have this issue no matter how small your screen is.

>
> As for what package you would report the problem, it would be each 
> individual application that exhibits the problem, which is probably a 
> lot of packages.
You think so? I'm not too sure about this to be honest ...

>
> By the way, when my web-site goes live (which will be soon), I plan to 
> post a short e-mail to this list (if it is permissible) giving the URL 
> of my web-site, and people (if they are interested) can take a look at 
> what I have been doing since January of 2012. It is a MIDI music 
> application, which (I think) is amazing in what it can do.
Good luck with that and will be waiting to see :)
>
> Anyway, I hope this information helps. 

Actually, I'm glad that you 100% understand what I'm talking about. 
However, that didn't 100% fix my issue :D or to be more accurate (as I 
don't use Lubuntu on my own machine) fix the issue for my neighbors.

> I need to go make a small fix to my application.
>
Good luck and glad this discussion will make your app even better ;)

-- 
Ali/amjjawad
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad