how to make rxvt start as fullscreen? - rxvt

Question

I can't find it within man page.
I am using rxvt-unicode-256color from debian squeeze mirror.
Gnome 3 environment, composite enabled in xorg.conf.

Answer 1

Install wmctrl
$ sudo apt-get install wmctrl
Create the extension directory
$ mkdir -p ~/.urxvt/ext/
Create a plugin for Rxvt
$ vi ~/.urxvt/ext/fullscreen
#!perl
sub on_user_command {
my ($self, $cmd) = #_;
if ($cmd eq "fullscreen:switch") {
my $dummy = `wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b toggle,fullscreen` ;
}
}
Enable the plugin
$ vi ~/.Xdefaults
...
" Fullscreen switch
URxvt.perl-ext-common: fullscreen
URxvt.keysym.F11: perl:fullscreen:switch
Now, you can toggle fullscreen with the F11 key.
Reference:
[SOLVED] rxvt-unicode not switching to fullscreen / Arch Linux Forums
my .Xdefaults

Answer 2

to go straight to fullscreen at login i put this at the end of my ~/.bashrc:
[[ $TERM == *"rxvt"* ]] && wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b add,fullscreen
as per Chu-Siang Lai's answer you need to make sure that wmctrl is installed.

Answer 3

Here is a simple perl plugin that will start urxvt in fullscreen mode (without requiring you to press an additional key):
#!/usr/bin/perl
sub on_start {
my ($self) = #_;
# This is hacky, but there doesn't seem to be an event after
# window creation
$self->{timer} = urxvt::timer->new->after(0.1)->cb(sub {
fullscreen $self
});
return;
}
sub fullscreen {
my ($self) = #_;
my $wid = $self->parent;
my $err = `wmctrl -i -r $wid -b add,fullscreen`;
warn "Error maximizing: $err\n" unless $? == 0;
$self->{timer}->stop;
delete $self->{timer};
return;
}
Unfortunately, it seems that the window isn't visible to wmctrl when on_start is called, so I had to use a timer to delay the call to wmctrl until the window exists.

Answer 4

This is how I solved
running window settings after invoking urxvt.
Shell: zsh
Windowmanager: wmctrl
.zsrch
function urxvtmaxed () {
# &! is a zsh-specific shortcut to both background and disown the process
urxvt -e zsh -c "RUN='wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b add,maximized_vert,maximized_horz' zsh" &!
}
function urxvtfull () {
# &! is a zsh-specific shortcut to both background and disown the process
urxvt -e zsh -c "RUN='wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b add,fullscreen' zsh" &!
}
### ======================================================
### Run Commands After zsh invoked
eval "$RUN"
# Example
# RUN='my_prog opt1 opt2' zsh
### Run Commands After zsh invoked END
### ======================================================
Now in zsh you can run urxvtmaxed or urxvtfull to launch urxvt and then resizing the window.
Note: wmctrl doesn't work properly in a Wayland session as controlling
windows is against Wayland's security policy.
If $WINDOWID is available
urxvt -e zsh -c "RUN='wmctrl -i -r \$WINDOWID -b add,fullscreen' zsh" &!

Answer 5

You can't, as far as I know. But, I found a workaround:
Use
wmctrl -l
to find out what your rxvt window is named. Probably, its "rxvt", so
wmctrl -r rxvt -b toggle,fullscreen
will maximize that window.
You'll have to put this (the second command) in a script, that is read after your window manager (e.g., openbox, metacity) is loaded. Possibly, in your .xinitrc file.