you could

- build it for an arbitrarily large screen size and always shrink it 
when displaying

- turn the changeover into a feature -- display it initially in a 
low-res version scaled up to the needed size and then fade into the 
high-res version as it becomes available


On 1/16/18 2:52 PM, Louis LaBrunda wrote:
> Hi Eliot,
>
> Thanks for the reply.  Unfortunately that doesn't help.  I'm working on a clock morph that
> allows the face of the clock to be a picture and optionally contain/display a calendar morph
> with it.  For my current needs it will be displayed full screen.  I can get it to look good
> under those circumstances.  When I'm finished, I would like to make both morphs available to
> other Squeakers.  Therefor, I want it to look good in less than full screen mode.  Building
> things for full screen size and shrinking them down, looks best.  So, I would like to know the
> full screen size, build (run time construction of face, hands, calendar and such) the morphs
> and then shrink them to the required size.  Without being able to do this there isn't much
> reason to share the work as it will look bad to often.
>
> I will keep trying.  Maybe for now I will just put up with the flash of the screen to get its
> size.
>
> Lou
>
>
> On Tue, 16 Jan 2018 10:45:59 -0800, Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Lou,
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 9:13 AM, Louis LaBrunda <Lou at keystone-software.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Fabio,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the reply.  You would think so but it gives the current World
>>> windows size and not
>>> the monitor screen size.
>>>
>>> If I change to full screen mode, I can then get the screen size and change
>>> back to non-full
>>> screen mode but the screen blinks to full screen and back and I don't want
>>> that.
>>>
>> There is an implementation in the Terf VM:
>>
>> primitiveHostWindowScreenWorkAreaSize: windex
>> <option: #TerfVM>
>> "Answer the platform's notion of the available work area on the screen
>> containing the given window."
>> | size |
>> self primitive: 'primitiveHostWindowScreenWorkAreaSize'
>> parameters: #(SmallInteger).
>> size := self ioSizeOfScreenWorkArea: windex.
>> size = -1 ifTrue:
>> [^interpreterProxy primitiveFail].
>> ^self pointFromCompactPointEncoding: size
>>
>> But this would require you build your own HostWindowPlugin and set the
>> TerfVM option while building it.  This isn't much of an answer but I hope
>> that some time this year this code will be more generally available.  Sorry
>> :-(
>>
>>
>>> Lou
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 16 Jan 2018 16:59:16 +0000, Fabio Niephaus <lists at fniephaus.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Lou,
>>>>
>>>> Isn't primitive 106 (screen size) what you are looking for?
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Fabio
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 16 Jan 2018 at 5:44 pm, Louis LaBrunda <Lou at keystone-software.com
>>>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a way to determine the screen size without first going to full
>>>>> screen mode?
>>>>>
>>>>> Lou
>>>>> --
>>>>> Louis LaBrunda
>>>>> Keystone Software Corp.
>>>>> SkypeMe callto://PhotonDemon
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> --
>>> Louis LaBrunda
>>> Keystone Software Corp.
>>> SkypeMe callto://PhotonDemon
>>>
>>>
>>>

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