[Bugs] #1374 UNSP: launching applications from Terminal produces unexpected window size

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#1374: launching applications from Terminal produces unexpected window size
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    Reporter:  walter                     |          Owner:  tomeu 
        Type:  enhancement                |         Status:  closed
    Priority:  Unspecified by Maintainer  |      Milestone:  0.88  
   Component:  sugar                      |        Version:  0.85.x
    Severity:  Unspecified                |     Resolution:  fixed 
    Keywords:                             |   Distribution:  Ubuntu
Status_field:  Unconfirmed                |  
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Changes (by walter):

  * status:  new => closed
  * type:  defect => enhancement
  * resolution:  => fixed
  * milestone:  Unspecified by Release Team => 0.88


Comment:

 <tomeu> walterbender: yes, this is intended because the alternative is to
 maintain a blacklist of window names that shouldn't be maximized
         <tomeu> walterbender: the upside is that ubuntu netbook remix is
 already maintaining such list, so we could just copy it periodically
         <tomeu> walterbender: if we maximize all windows, multi-window
 apps will break
         <walterbender>  tomeu: so is there a simple way to tell an
 application to launch full screen we can recommend?
         <tomeu> walterbender: some have command line switches
         <tomeu> walterbender: and alternative is using libsugarize, that
 will make it behave more like a proper activity
         <walterbender>  tomeu: so it is application by application... so
 be it.
         <tomeu> walterbender: maybe a launcher script could be cooked that
 sets the appropriate window properties
         <walterbender>  tomeu: I've not tried it in a while, but maybe
 I'll add that to my test chores this week
         <tomeu> walterbender: bertf may know already about something like
 that
         <walterbender>  and add it to the release notes
 <walterbender>  tomeu: I'll add this exchange to the ticket and close it.
         <tomeu> walterbender: you can add a feature request if you wish,
 it should be actually quite trivial to implement
         <tomeu> it just have the downsides of a fixed blacklist
         <walterbender>  tomeu: something to discuss for 0.88 but not for
 0.86 :)

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