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I have a script to run a python/GTK webbrowser on my raspberry pi.

The script:

#!/bin/bash
matchbox-windows-manager &
Xorg -nocursor
X -nocursor
xset -dpms
xset s off
xset s noblank
python display.py (this is the browser)

I'm looking for a way to remove the border and 'X' and make it full screen.

I have tried adding the -use_titlebar no; however I can't find in what context to use it.

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  • If you only want to run one app you don't need a window manager, which will guarantee you won't have a titlebar or borders. You'll also have no way to resize it, so you'll have to make sure the application can set its own geometry. – goldilocks May 06 '16 at 15:04
  • you should put this as an answer. And Thanks, didn't realise i didn't need a window manager to create a window. – AceScottie May 06 '16 at 15:31
  • I just submitted an edit to your question which also fixes the typo machbox-windows-manager to matchbox-windows-manager (note the missing "t"). Is there a chance that this typo caused the window manager to not start at all and hence not made the application full-screen? – Axel Beckert May 06 '16 at 19:22

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I have no experience with the Matchbox Window Manager, but I always use the Ratpoison Window Manager (package "ratpoison" in Raspbian/Debian/Ubuntu) for such purposes.

Ratpoison makes any window full-screen by default and only adds a 1 pixel border by default -- but it can be configured to have no border at all. Putting border 0 into ~/.ratpoisonrc should suffice for that.

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If you use the default manager, Openbox, the boarder is part of what they call decorations. I wrote some XML to remove the decorations from xeyes here:

'xeyes' : how to start 'undecorated' : and at boot?

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