using Gnucash on a small monitor

[Robert Heller]

  Jim <no_spam at bikesatwork.com>,
  In a message on Sun, 16 Jan 2005 14:08:37 -0600, wrote :

J> We recently installed Gnucash on an older laptop with a small 
J> (800x600 max) screen.  The problem we're having is that some of the 
J> dialog windows (like the "add a new account" window) resize 
J> themselves so that the drop-down window boxes become so small that 
J> they're unuseable--i.e, the drop-downs become thin slits with only 
J> the "up" arrow in the scrollbar showing.
J> 
J> Is there any way around this problem?  Would resizing the system 
J> font to a smaller size help (they seem large to me)?  If so, how 
J> would we do this?  We're using icewm as our window manager, not 
J> Gnome, btw.

XFree86 under Linux supports a 'virtual' screen size.  You can edit your
/etc/X11/XF86Config file to specifiy a larger 'virtual' screen size, say
1024x768.  You would still have a 800x600 video, but this would be a
slidable window into a 1024x768 screen.

Add a line like:

	Virtual 1024 768

To your Display subsection of your Screen Section.

J> 
J> -Jim
J> 
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