From: Don A. <dal...@us...> - 2004-12-24 03:36:21
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Frank, This problem should be resolved in recent versions of GRAMPS. The current version 1.0.8. What version are you running? Don On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 09:33 +0100, Beyer, Frank wrote: > John, On 07/27/2004 11:45:22 PM, John Whitehand wrote: > I am not sure where > my problem lies and hope someone on this list can > help. I have a 13.8" ( > Ipex H567) VGA monitor -pnp using on board SiS > 650 chip & versa generic > adaptor. Running 800x600 my Redhat 9 > installation is OK however when I > load GRAMPS 1.0.4 it becomes > necessary to "Stretch the friendship to > 1024x786 or greater" to > accommodate the GRAMPS display causing difficulty > outside the program. Ugh, this is the problem we never thought we"d face :-) > > As other Apps don"t render a problem I thought that a cause/solution > may > lie within Gramps... > any serious suggestions welcome... You are correct -- > gramps is guilty of setting a fixed pixel size for its main window as well > as some of its dialogs. It is done indirectly, through setting the size of > the internal widgets. Anyway, if you can try applying the patch below (one > line removal) and let me know how it works for you it would be great. The > patch should be applied to the gramps.glade file which is found in either > /usr/share/gramps or in /usr/local/share/gramps (depending on your > installation). Let me know if it fixes the main gramps window for you. We > will need some more changes to make dialogs smaller, but it"s a start. Alex > === diff -u -r1.87 gramps.glade --- gramps.glade 6 Feb 2004 20:57:01 -0000 > 1.87 +++ gramps.glade 28 Jul 2004 15:06:30 -0000 @@ -1170,7 +1170,6 @@ > <child> <widget class="GtkNotebook" id="views"> <property > name="border_width">3</property> - <property > name="width_request">750</property> <property name="visible">True</property> > <property name="can_focus">True</property> <property > name="show_tabs">True</property> === > > > Hi Alex, hi John, > > I have the same problem with my 800x600 resolution. > > I'm interested if the patch for glade works. > If it works, how can I do this? Only changing lines in gramps.glade and > recompile? > Thanks for help. > > Best Regards > Frank Beyer > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Gramps-users mailing list > Gra...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users -- Don Allingham <dal...@us...> GRAMPS - Open Source Genealogy |