maximizing

[ybohan]

Hello,

I have LXterminal installed in a RaspberryPi, and i want to make it open always maximized.

Do you have any suggestion?

THank you for your help,
ybohan

[drooly]

you can adjust this in ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml (*), <applications> section.
please check the openbox wiki for documentation.
you might also find something useful here: http://lxlinux.com/

(*) on LXDE, the actual file might be slightly different, like ~/.config/openbox/lxde-rc.xml.
on lubuntu, it might again be different. but definitely under ~/.config/...

[seppalta]

To be more detailed regarding drooly's advice, put the following in the applications section (probably located near the bottom) of rc.xml:

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<application name="lxterminal">
      <decor>no</decor>
      <shade>no</shade>
      <skip_pager>yes</skip_pager>
      <skip_taskbar>yes</skip_taskbar>
      <fullscreen>no</fullscreen>
      <maximized>yes</maximized>
    </application>

Now (after openbox is restarted), in whatever menus the command to launch lxterminal is lxterminal, it will launch covering the full window. If the command is something else, for example, x-terminal-emulator, it will launch the default size unless you put a similar entry in rc.xml for that command. It is a nuissance that the full window terminal does not have the usual "min-max-close" bar, so to close the window you have to type "exit" and press "enter" or go to "file>quit".

The command to make the terminal open in size wxh is

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lxterminal --geometry=wxh

where w (width) and h (height) are numbers. I do not know off hand what are the units for w (width) and h (height). You will have to experiment with a few numbers to find your size. The scale for h is much bigger than the one for w. Use this for "application name" in the above code and the command in the menus.

[ybohan]

Hello,

i tried this code on my RaspberryPi but it didn't worked. I don't think that openbox is on my services.
The folder exists though.

What should i do

Regards

[drooly]

so what exactly are you running on your raspberry pi?
lxde means openbox, afaik.

how exactly did you try and how exactly didn't it work?

[ybohan]

Sorry, i am new to raspberry. I found it although. I had to write it in a different position in the xml file, under all the other applications.
Now it works fine. Also i did an openbox --reconfigure

Thanks for the help guys

[drooly]

sorry, what?
as far as i know the raspberry pi is a piece of hardware, not a distro?

[ybohan]

I meant raspbian- raspberry pi os

[flaneur]

... It is a nuissance that the full window terminal does not have the usual "min-max-close" bar, so to close the window you have to type "exit" and press "enter" or go to "file>quit".

Can't we also use alt+spacebar, c (for close)?

The command to make the terminal open in size wxh is

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lxterminal --geometry=wxh

where w (width) and h (height) are numbers. I do not know off hand what are the units for w (width) and h (height). You will have to experiment with a few numbers to find your size. The scale for h is much bigger than the one for w. Use this for "application name" in the above code and the command in the menus.

In the case of lxterminal geometry, w = characters and h = lines.