Re: DDD on a Large Monitor - How to Increase the Vertical Size of Source Window Beyond 35 Rows

On 12/19/23 12:02, coroberti wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 19, 2023 at 8:55 PM Michael Eager <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> On 12/19/23 10:33, coroberti wrote:
>>> On Tue, Dec 19, 2023 at 8:06 PM Michael Eager <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 12/19/23 03:42, coroberti wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> Thank you for the excellent UI for gdb!
>>>>>
>>>>> Using ddd on debian,
>>>>> GNU DDD 3.3.12 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu).

I recommend that you build and install ddd-3.4.0, released in May, 2023.

Some distributions have the current DDD release in their repository.
Debian does not appear to be one of them.

>>>>>
>>>>> On a large 4K monitor,
>>>
>>>>> Is there any way to increase the source window since there is plenty of
>>>>> space on the 4K monitor?
>>>>
>>>> It may be that I don't understand what you are doing or what problem you
>>>> see.
>>>>
>>>> I can enlarge the DDD window and move the split between source and
>>>> console window to display more than 35 rows.  See attached image.
>>>
>>>> Michael Eager
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you for your reply. This is the issue.
>>>
>>> I can move the split between the source and console windows only till about the
>>> half of the vertical space. Thus, what I have is only 35 rows for the
>>> source window
>>> and too large space for the console.
>>>
>>> See the images attached.
>>
>> I can't tell how many lines are in the source window when no source
>> is displayed.  Please reproduce this with a source file.  Set line
>> numbering on.
>>
>>> Trying to play with the ~/.ddd/init file:
>>> *Ddd*source_text_w.rows: 35
>>> and rows of the console window don't work as well.
>>
>> If you have forced the size of the source window to 35 rows,
>> I expect that will constrain the split bar.
> 
>> Please rename your ~/.ddd directory and reproduce this problem
>> with a default ~/.ddd directory.  You can restore your .ddd
>> directory afterwards.
> 
> 35 - is the number from the default init file on my system.
> Deleted .ddd, and in the created init once more only 35
> which never goes up, but it goes down if you are decreasing it by decreasing the
> vertical space for the source window.
> 
> I've tried to increase the rows for the source and decrease of the
> console, respectively.

How?  By editing the .ddd/init file?

> After running it, I do not see changes in source rows, and the number
> set to init returns to 35.
> Console window rows decreased have the effect and remain the same
> decreased in the init.
> 
> So, unless you have any suggestions, I'm gonna build it from sources
> to debug it and
> see how it comes to the 35 rows only - it may be the result of some
> buggy calculations.

Please follow the previous suggestions.

The value of Ddd*source_text_w.rows is set to whatever the source
window size was when you closed DDD.


-- 
Michael Eager