On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 12:12:14AM +0000, Liam O'Toole wrote:> On 2015-01-09, Fred Smith > <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> wrote: > > --- SNIP --- > > > trying to grab the edge of a window feels like the grabbable region > > is only one pixel (or maybe one "mickey") wide and it's still hard nto > > place the pointer right on it. I may be getting old, but I don't > > have any palsy/tremor problems. > > Have you tried different window manager themes? Some of them have larger > grab areas.Which makes me wonder how one modifies a theme... there must be a special toolkit for it somewhere... ?? -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- "For him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy--to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen." ----------------------------- Jude 1:24,25 (niv) -----------------------------
Am 10.01.2015 um 01:56 schrieb Fred Smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us>:> On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 12:12:14AM +0000, Liam O'Toole wrote: >> >> Have you tried different window manager themes? Some of them have larger >> grab areas. > > Which makes me wonder how one modifies a theme... there must be a > special toolkit for it somewhere... ??System -> Preferences -> Appearance -- LF
On 2015-01-10, Leon Fauster <leonfauster at googlemail.com> wrote:> Am 10.01.2015 um 01:56 schrieb Fred Smith > <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us>: >> On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 12:12:14AM +0000, Liam O'Toole wrote: >>> >>> Have you tried different window manager themes? Some of them have >>> larger grab areas. >> >> Which makes me wonder how one modifies a theme... there must be a >> special toolkit for it somewhere... ?? > > > System -> Preferences -> Appearance >I think Fred is talking about modifying a theme in the sense of customising it. To Fred: I'm not aware of a toolkit for the purpose. People just hack the gtkrc or xml files which comprise a theme. There are lots of examples under /usr/share/themes/. -- Liam