[ale] resizing an X window from the command line?

[Marc Torres]

Ask and ye shall receive :-)  Here are two alternitives:

On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 11:09:20PM -0500, John Wells wrote:
> Larry Richardson said:
> > The geometry command will set the initial window size.  I think he is
> > asking if there is a way to resize the window after it has already been
> > created.
> 
> Exactly :)

xtermcontrol 2.3 
  by Jess Thrysoee 
  http://www.thrysoee.dk/xtermcontrol/

xtermcontrol enables dynamic control of XFree86 xterm properties. It makes
it easy to change colors, titles, fonts, and the geometry of a running 
xterm as well as to report the current settings of the properties. Window 
manipulations such as (de)iconify, raise and lower, maximize and restore, 
and reset are also supported. It also lets advanced users issue any xterm 
control sequence.

Source Package:
http://www.thrysoee.dk/xtermcontrol/xtermcontrol-2.3.tar.gz


xtctl 0.141
 by Steven Lumos 
 http://www.isri.unlv.edu/~slumos/hacks/index.html#xtctl

xtctl is a script for setting/changing xterm properties. It can change the 
foreground, background, cursor, and mouse colours of an XTerm window, and 
the icon and background image (only known to work with Eterm). xtctl can 
also modify the window's title, icon name, highlight background, font, size, 
position, z-order (raise and lower), and iconified/restored status. There 
are experimental options for full and soft reset.

Source Package:  (This link _is_ the script)
http://www.isri.unlv.edu/~slumos/hacks/xtctl

Over and out,
--marct