Programmatically change display size in Pharo 8 / 9
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Hi all, I'm trying to change the size of the display programmatically but am having some trouble. It used to be possible to do So: how am I supposed to change the display size? Note: this is for the remote frame buffer in headless mode, so technically there's no OS window. Still the VM returns a fixed size of something close to 900x700. I can live with the fixed size if I have to but I'd rather be able to change the size (and also the bit depth as I don't need 32 bits for VNC). Cheers, |
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Hi Sven,
On 24 Apr 2020, at 11:08, Sven Van Caekenberghe wrote: > Hi Max, > > Not an answer, but do you really need VNC to deploy on a server ? It's certainly debatable. We're used to having it, that's the main reason. > > This is often unreliably and a bit overkill, it is also alien to the rest of the server world. > > Provided you can build your project automatically from a single Metacello invocation, you can build server side, command line as well. We do have something similar and in most cases that's enough. > > I use a simple command line REPL for those harder problems that require interacting with the image. > > https://github.com/svenvc/NeoConsole > > You can type arbitrary expressions, look at code and even patch a method. Yes, it is all primitive, but it can make a night and day difference if you don't understand what is happening in real time. Looks cool! I might give that a whirl. While our solution does work it has some rather annoying drawbacks. Actually, having a better way to interact via terminal would make VNC access even less important. > > I have never felt a need to use VNC for a full interactive IDE on a server. > > But maybe you have other reasons to go in that direction. > > Sven Thanks for you thoughts. Cheers, Max > >> On 24 Apr 2020, at 10:51, Max Leske <[hidden email]> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I'm trying to change the size of the display programmatically but am having some trouble. It used to be possible to do Display setExtent: 50@50 depth: 16 and that would take care of everything. I can still do that but 1. the renderer reverts the changes immediately and 2. if I prevent the renderer from reverting the changes the rendering is broken (which I can understand). >> >> So: how am I supposed to change the display size? Note: this is for the remote frame buffer in headless mode, so technically there's no OS window. Still the VM returns a fixed size of something close to 900x700. >> >> I can live with the fixed size if I have to but I'd rather be able to change the size (and also the bit depth as I don't need 32 bits for VNC). >> >> Cheers, >> Max >> |
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