x11-settings.prf not behaving like I would expect

[ulrichvonbek]

I upgraded from a 1440x900 to a 1920x1080 monitor, and I'm having some trouble fully using the extra real estate.

I'm running on ubuntu, the version from the packages, not one I compiled on my own. I've got my x11-settings.prf in ~/.angband/Angband

# Angband X11 settings

TERM_WINS=7

# Term 0
AT_X_0=0
AT_Y_0=0
COLS_0=80
ROWS_0=24
IBOX_0=1
IBOY_0=1
FONT_0=10x20
TILE_WIDTH_0=10
TILE_HEIGHT_0=20

# Term 1
AT_X_1=850
AT_Y_1=0
COLS_1=68
ROWS_1=27
IBOX_1=1
IBOY_1=1
FONT_1=9x15
TILE_WIDTH_1=9
TILE_HEIGHT_1=15

I didn't paste the whole file, but the other windows look much the same as the first, but with different values. (that don't seem to make a difference when I change them )

For example, changing fonts doesn't seem to have any effect. At one time it must have looked at my preferences because some of the windows are running with a tiny 5x8 font, but I can't make them bigger now that I have room.

Also, it is ignoring the window positioning and just opening all the terminals in the upper left. It would be nice if I didn't have to drag all my windows into position whenever I wanted to play.

[Magnate]

Is there a particular reason that you're running with -mx11? The Ubuntu package (which I presume is 3.1.2v2-2) defaults to -mgtk, but better than both would be to run with -msdl. In SDL mode, you can change fonts and window sizes interactively.

[ulrichvonbek]

Um, that's different...but may have potential.

How do you get -msdl it to use the extra terms once you turn them on. It seems to be ignoring what I picked in the window options, and how do you get it to remember for next time.

[Derakon]

I thought SDL had a strict one-window-per-process limit?

[Nick]

The SDL port has a single window, but you can have multiple angband windows within it.

[Derakon]

Yeah, I never really liked the window-within-a-window shtick. And when I tried the SDL port I couldn't get the setup to be anything like what I wanted it to be, in part because I usually spread my game across two monitors.

[Magnate]

Um, that's different...but may have potential.

How do you get -msdl it to use the extra terms once you turn them on. It seems to be ignoring what I picked in the window options, and how do you get it to remember for next time.

Once you have opened the subwindows, go into the game's options menu (=), sort out what you want to display in each window (w), and then escape back to the main game screen and press ctrl-r to redraw everything. You should then see all the right stuff appear in the right subwindows. If you then save and exit (ctrl-x), the game should preserve window positions and contents when you reload. The window contents are (currently) in your savefile, but the window sizes and positions are in ~/.angband/Angband/sdlinit.txt - you can edit this manually if you prefer.

If the game is not remembering subwindow stuff when you save and exit, you may have found a bug. You should not need to mess with any pref files to get this to work. If you do have problems, post the steps to reproduce them and I'll try it on my system.

[ulrichvonbek]

I should have started small. It doesn't look like the game updated ~/.angband/Angband/sdlinit.txt when I exited w/ Ctrl+x. I used ls -l before and after.

eric@Homespun-II:~/.angband/Angband$ ls -l sdlinit.txt 
-rw-r--r-- 1 eric users 821 2011-03-22 17:20 sdlinit.txt
eric@Homespun-II:~/.angband/Angband$ ls -l sdlinit.txt 
-rw-r--r-- 1 eric users 821 2011-03-22 17:20 sdlinit.txt
eric@Homespun-II:~/.angband/Angband$ ls -l sdlinit.txt 
-rw-r--r-- 1 eric users 823 2011-03-23 10:01 sdlinit.txt

However, it did save what I had done when I used the quit button on the window. The 1st timestamp was from when I was playing around yesterday, the 2nd Ctrx+x, and the 3rd, which seemed to work as desired, was after quit.

Thank you so much. I need to position & size everything one more time, but hopefully this will be the last time.

[ulrichvonbek]

One more note. Once I get a good sdlinit.txt, and can exit with Ctrl+x or the quit button, which is what you would expect. I'll just have to remember to use the quit button if I change things.

Thanks again!!

[Magnate]

One more note. Once I get a good sdlinit.txt, and can exit with Ctrl+x or the quit button, which is what you would expect. I'll just have to remember to use the quit button if I change things.

Thanks again!!

Thank you for catching what is essentially a bug: ctrl-x and Quit should have the same behaviour, and they clearly don't. I've opened ticket #1379 for this.

[Nick]

Thank you for catching what is essentially a bug: ctrl-x and Quit should have the same behaviour, and they clearly don't. I've opened ticket #1379 for this.

ISTR I may have found and fixed this a while ago in FA. Oops.