But surely xnest should tell xmonad how big the window is, so that xmonad knows how to behave? If I resize xnest's window, it should tell xmonad, which should adjust. Still, I'll certainly try the -geometry thing, thanks Simon | -----Original Message----- | From: Stefan O'Rear [mailto:stefanor@cox.net] | Sent: 05 July 2007 07:53 | To: Donald Bruce Stewart | Cc: Simon Peyton-Jones; xmonad@haskell.org | Subject: Re: [Xmonad] Re: Emailing: A taste of Haskell.pdf | | On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 04:38:31PM +1000, Donald Bruce Stewart wrote: | > Hey xmonad community, | > | > Simon PJ is running xmonad in xnest, for the upcoming OSCON Haskell | > tutorial, and we've noticed xnest seems to crop the edge of the screen - | > or misreport its size: | > | > http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~dons/tmp/screen-spj.png | > | > Anyone seen this, running xmonad in xnest, or know how to fix it? | | Xnest defaults to an 800x600 screen. Perhaps SPJ's monitor is that big, | in which case the virtual screen will be truncated to fit the | decorations. | | Perhaps he should pass the '-geometry 640x480' option to Xnest? | | Stefan