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From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_gmail.com)
Date: Tue Dec 04 2012 - 08:54:23 CST

hi sabine,

On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Sabine Reisser <sabine.reisser_at_kit.edu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> hopefully an easy question with a simple answer:
> how can I make the VMD display window really full-screen? Not only
> maximized, but I want the window frame and my linux top and bottom bars to
> disappear also.

full screen is available, but is a bit of a hack
and only works on unix-like machines (you are
using linux, so it should work).

you have to set the environment variable
VMDFULLSCREEN to 1 and then resize
the display to some size (which is irrelevant).

e.g. on the VMD console you can use the following commands:

global env
set env(VMDFULLSCREEN) 1
display resize 100 100

this will produce an undecorated window that
is put on top of all other windows, i.e.
covers the entire screen. one caveat,
this does not work with some window
managers in multi-screen mode (xinerama
or twinview) who "correct" the settings
to just one screen.

please let us know, if this hack works for you
or if you have any additional questions.

axel.

> Would be great if someone could help.
>
> Cheers
> Sabine 

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Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer  akohlmey_at_gmail.com  http://goo.gl/1wk0
International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste. Italy.