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Some notes about sizing the panels of gaw.
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First of all and ony once, gaw needs to determine the value of the variable
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max_ps_y in the configuration file $HOME/.gaw/gawrc, if this value is 0. And
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this value is 0 after a reset to factory settings and after a first install.
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This variable is used to determine the size of view port of the panel scrolled
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window.
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The panel scrolled window can be considered as 2 port: the view port which
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stands on the screen and the virtual port that contains panels. When the
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the virtual port is larger than the view port the scroll bar is shown.
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Gaw, in function of the number of panels and the panel height, i.e. value of
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panelHeight variable in $HOME/.gaw/gawrc, calculate the width and height value
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of the main window and the height of the virtual port and then set these
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values. In the case of the virtual port, the size is to be considered as a
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minimal size.
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In normal running, a user may chang the size of the main window by dragging
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one of the corners of the main window. As a result, the size of the view
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port is changed, it takes the size allocated by the main window.
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The virtual port expands if you give more room and do not
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change if you try to shrink because you have reached the minimal value. In
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the first case the panel size expands, but not in the second case.
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A growed panel size is stable. If you add or remove a panel, the size is
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recalculated with the value of panelHeight variable as explained before.
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But if growing is what you want, you can save the configuration file and this
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change value of panelHeight. But this do not giwe a way to lower the
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panelHeight.
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To day, the only way is to edit the configuration file once and do not change
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it. Another way could be to create a menu entry to set panelHeight to the
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minimal value. Then the user can then grow it. Another way could be to let
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the user enter his prefered size in a specific window... The subject is open.
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