>>>>> "Dieter" == Dieter's Standardbenutzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Dieter> This one goes to the whole LyXician's community: Besides some
Dieter> additional items I do not fully understand: 1. My system is
Dieter> set up for 1280x1024 dots on the screen. If I start lyx with
Dieter> the command lyx -height 900 -width 900 it comes up with
Dieter> 850x850. Should that happen? Can anyone explain to me why? Is
Dieter> there any default scaling that takes place?

I traced the code and cannot tell you where this comes from. 50 pixels
are substracted somewhere...

Dieter> 2. Thanks to J.M, I found that I could do define a file
Dieter> /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/LyX. However, I thought that the
Dieter> (AFAIK) conventions for the files in this directory would say
Dieter> Lyx rather than LyX. In any way I would add one sentence to
Dieter> the manual to make that one clear:

Dieter> \fBLyX\fR supports the following command-line switches: (most
Dieter> of these can also be specified as X resources, for instance in
Dieter> .Xdefaults or in /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/LyX (if that's
Dieter> where your X-ressource files are located)):

Or maybe

  \fBLyX\fR supports the following command-line switches, which can also
  be specified as X resources (for instance in .Xdefaults) with class
  name \fBLyX\fR:

Does this seem explicit enough?

Dieter> what about the capitals / naming convention? Maybe I am too
Dieter> pedantic, but anyway :-). It took me some time, so maybe
Dieter> others can avoid this.

That's why I think the class name should be explicitely given.

Dieter> 3. Is there any place where I could define a default screen
Dieter> font size of 180 rather than 150 and the system would come up
Dieter> with it each and every time? I didn't really understand the
Dieter> explanations I found referring to this. Maybe something like
Dieter> LyX.screenfontsize: XXX would be nice to have.

What fonts are you referring to: menu/popups or document?

JMarc

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