[Eric] eric on small 1024x600 display

[Jarda Benkovsky]

Janwillem van Dijk wrote:
> On 10/23/2010 12:39 PM, Detlev Offenbach wrote:
>> On Donnerstag, 21. Oktober 2010, Janwillem van Dijk wrote:
>>   
>>> On 10/21/2010 06:31 PM, Detlev Offenbach wrote:
>>>     
>>>> On Donnerstag, 21. Oktober 2010, Janwillem van Dijk wrote:
>>>>       
>>>>> I would like to run eric on my asus eee 901 (48+32GB, ubuntu 10.04).
>>>>> However, it seems that the minimum frame size of eric is 1175x668
>>>>> pix.
>>>>> Unfortunately that does not work on my 1024x600 display. Can I
>>>>> tweek one
>>>>> of the *.ui files to reduce the min size? If so which and how do I
>>>>> get
>>>>> eric working more or less properly after that.
>>>>> Thanks, Janwillem
>>>>>          
>>>> You should be able to shrink it to your liking. Is it a special
>>>> dialog,
>>>> that is too big, or is it the main window? If it is the later, try to
>>>> rearrange the toolbars first
>>>>
>>>> Detlev
>>>>        
>>> Thanks for your reply. It is the main window, the one wherein the
>>> source
>>> text is edited.
>>> I have set in Settings>Preferences>Interface>Interface Layout="Floating
>>> windows".
>>> Then I can reduce the height of the floating edit window to my liking
>>> but the smallest width is 1175 (as measured by making a screen print of
>>> the window). That I would like to be 1024.
>>> Does that answer the question in your remark?
>>>      
>> Kind of. However, over here I am able to shrink it way below 1175. I
>> am using
>> the sidebars layout, which is the preferred one.
>>
>> Detlev
>>    
>
> Most probably I am overlooking some trivial option but I haven't the
> faintest idea where to look.

Have you tried *disabling* various toolbars? e.g. Quick search input box
takes too much space, I have it disabled. Ditto for other toolbars which
are not really useful in the edit view.

Edheldil