Scaling font size without altering window dimensions

[msiism]

Could you also provide a way to scale the font size without altering the window
dimensions at the same time? I'd find that quite useful.

[simmel]

Hm, I've definitely experienced that! But I can't reproduce it here in OS X.

What OS/dist do you use?

What output does urxvt --help 2>&1 | head give you?

[msiism]

Well, this was meant as a feature request, not a bug report, just to be clear.

I think we've had an e-mail discussion about this a while back.

Anyway, I use the Devuan and Void Linux distributions, and here's the requested output on my Devuan machine:

$ urxvt --help 2>&1 | head
rxvt-unicode (urxvt) v9.22 - released: 2016-01-23
options: perl,xft,styles,combining,blink,iso14755,unicode3,encodings=eu+vn+jp+jp-ext+kr+zh+zh-ext,fade,transparent,tint,pixbuf,XIM,frills,selectionscrolling,wheel,slipwheel,smart-resize,cursorBlink,pointerBlank,scrollbars=plain+rxvt+NeXT+xterm
Usage: urxvt [options] [-e command args]

where resources (long-options) include:
  termName:                       string
  geometry:                       geometry
  chdir:                          string
  reverseVideo:                   boolean
  loginShell:                     boolean

[simmel]

On Tue, 2020-12-08 at 10:18:37 -0800, Michael Siegel wrote: Well, this was meant as a feature request, not a bug report, just to be clear.

Agreed. But since it works on my machine™ and not on your machine (and I've seen that problem before) I approach it like a bug = D

I think we've had an e-mail discussion about this a while back.

Now that you mention it, I remember it! Thank you for creating the issue!

Anyway, I use the Devuan and Void Linux distributions, and here's the requested output: ``` $ urxvt --help 2>&1 | head rxvt-unicode (urxvt) v9.22 - released: 2016-01-23 options: perl,xft,styles,combining,blink,iso14755,unicode3,encodings=eu+vn+jp+jp-ext+kr+zh+zh-ext,fade,transparent,tint,pixbuf,XIM,frills,selectionscrolling,wheel,slipwheel,smart-resize,cursorBlink,pointerBlank,scrollbars=plain+rxvt+NeXT+xterm […] ```

I have the same options compiled in *except* XIM and pixbuf but they shouldn't matter. Also I have the same version. Let me try on my OpenBSD machine.

[simmel]

I tried it on OpenBSD as well and got the same result: the window stays the
same size when the font is being resized.

I have no idea what to try next. Ideas?

[scourii]

I have the same exact issue, I am using OpenSuse Tumbleweed, and the window size increases or decreases alongside the font.
This doesn't happen when the terminal is fullscreen, but when its not fullscreen, the window does change.

urxvt --help 2>&1 | head
rxvt-unicode (urxvt) v9.22 - released: 2016-01-23
options: perl,xft,styles,combining,blink,iso14755,unicode3,encodings=eu+vn+jp+jp-ext+kr+zh+zh-ext,fade,transparent,tint,pixbuf,XIM,frills,selectionscrolling,wheel,slipwheel,smart-resize,cursorBlink,pointerBlank,scrollbars=plain+rxvt+NeXT+xterm

where resources (long-options) include:
  termName:                      string
  geometry:                      geometry
  chdir:                         string
  reverseVideo:                  boolean
  loginShell:                    boolean

[simmel]

Can you both paste your .Xresources here?

[scourii]

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[simmel]

No problem!

I don’t think GitHub can handle attachments though so you’re gonna have to paste it here. 🤷‍♂️

[scourii]

URxvt.boldFont:xft: JetBrains Mono Light:bold:size=12.5
URxvt.italicFont:xft: JetBrains Mono Light:italic:size=12.5
URxvt.boldItalicfont: JetBrains Mono Light Italic:bold:size=12.5
URxvt.geometry: 88x25
URxvt.internalBorder:             20
URxvt.cursorBlink:                true
URxvt.cursorUnderline:            true
URxvt.saveline:                   32768
URxvt.scrollBar:                  false
URxvt.scrollBar_right:            true
URxvt.scrollBar_floating:         false
URxvt.scrollstyle:                plain
URxvt.urgentOnBell:               false
URxvt.depth:                      24
URxvt.iso14755:                   false
URxvt.letterSpace: -1

! Keybinds
URxvt.perl-ext-common: default, resize-font

URxvt.resize-font.step: 1
URxvt.keysym.Control-minus:       resize-font:smaller
URxvt.keysym.Control-plus:        resize-font:bigger
URxvt.keysym.Control-equal:       resize-font:reset
URxvt.keysym.Control-question:    resize-font:show
URxvt.keysym.Shift-Control-V: eval:paste_clipboard
URxvt.keysym.Shift-Control-C: eval:selection_to_clipboard
URxvt.keysym.Control-Meta-c: builtin-string:
URxvt.keysym.Control-Meta-v: builtin-string:
URxvt.keysym.Control-w: exit\n

My bad, haha

[simmel]

I found out why I and others don't have this problem (anymore), the tabbed plugin some how keeps the window size.

urxvt.perl-ext-common: default,tabbed,resize-font

will make the window not resize.

I'll look into the code behind tabbed to see why it doesn't resize later.

[teleshoes]

bump. i would LOOOOVE to have this work. i hate when rxvt resizes my X window.

[crpb]

for anyone who only needs font-resizing and no _window_resizing.
Here is a patch for main.C

[owl4ce]

Fixed for me.
owl4ce/lilium@b593a0e#diff-8f5ae918b63172de539a98dfafa923fa767475bf09730a05a8f67eea24ba8008

[simmel]

Mkay, it has something to do with PResizeInc then. ty @owl4ce

[teleshoes]

is this patch something that will be upstream eventually?

[bertbesser]

let me bump this and chime in

the tabbed extension did not work fully for me: decreasing the font size on the fly makes the usable portion of the window smaller: the scrollbar moves and shrinks away from the window edge

=> fixing this would be highly appreciated 🙂

cheers.

[MegaManSec]

I've forked urxvt-resize-font and added a pure Perl fix for the scaling without resizing the window dimensions problem: https://github.com/MegaManSec/urxvt-resize-font

The commit adding that functionality: MegaManSec@e39c994

It works for me (TM).