Re: Some questions about the gnome 2 window manager

[Julien Olivier <julo altern org>]

Le jeu 15/05/2003 à 12:56, Johan Vervloet a écrit :
> Hello,
> 

Hi

> I just installed gnome 2.2, and I have some questions about the window
> manager.  There are some (2) things I would like to be able to, but I'm
> not sure whether they are possible.
> 
> The first thing is maximizing a window in only one direction.  Can I
> maximize a window only vertically (such that it becomes as high as
> possible, but it keeps its width) ?
> 

I'm not sure but I'm pretty sure you can't do that.

> And a second thing : can I kill a window directly using the mouse, and
> without having to start xkill ? If a program hangs, and I want to get
> rid of the window, I want to be able to do this by e.g. clicking the close
> button in combination with holding the ctrl key or something.
> 

On most applications, pressing the "close" button on a hung program
opens a dialog asking whether you want to kill it. Just try it.

> Thanks for your help,
> 
> Johan