Andreas, try (set-graphics-window-size x y) in the command input. Replace x, y with the desired dimensions. Works in the .coot file, no reason why not interactively (FLW). Cheers, Carsten > -----Original Message----- > From: Mailing list for users of COOT Crystallographic Software > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Andreas Förster > Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 3:39 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [COOT] change size of gui > > > Hey all, > > is there a way to change the size of the coot viewer? > > Background: I open a coot session (previously shown on an external > screen) on my laptop. The laptop screen is smaller by half than the > external screen - thus the coot viewer does not fit. This > being an OSX > machine, I'd need access to the bottom right corner of the window for > resizing. This corner is not on the screen. Clicking on the > + button > on the top left of the X window changes the size of the window but > doesn't make it small enough to fit on the screen. I guess > you wouldn't > expect that from a plus button anyway. > > I cannot outsmart the computer. When I try to decrease the > size of the > coot viewer (restored from an earlier auto-save state file) on the > external screen before closing the session, I fail. I can > only increase > the size, but not decrease it. > > To rephrase my question. Is there a coot equivalent to the PyMOL > viewport command? > > Thanks. > > > Andreas > > OSX 5.2, X 2.1.4, coot 0.50 pre889. > > > -- > I am not stupid. I have read several books. > Salman Rushdie - Midnight's Children > >