How to start Putty in a maximized window?

Question

How to start Putty in a maximized window in Ubuntu 12?

When I use Windows, I use this method

But in Ubuntu, I don't have this option.

Answer 1

• Apparently you cannot enlarge the initial (configuration) window with -geometry.
• Also the -geometry setting is ignored if it is overwritten by the terminal size in Putty.

Actually the most convenient form to specify the size of the Putty window is by using the Putty configuration. You can have different default settings by giving them with the -load option on the commandline. See below.

Following settings can be changed which affect the size of the resulting Window:

• Font (Category :: Window :: Fonts) by using another size

• Window Columns and Rows (Category :: Window)

If you only need a single setting, do it as follows:

• Start Putty
• Click on Session
• Click on Default Settings
• Click on Load

Then edit the above settings to your needs. Afterwards do not forget to save it via:

• Click on Session
• Click on Default Settings (or, for additional settings as explained below, enter the name of the configuration you want to save in the textbox above Default Settings)
• Click on Save

Now if you open Putty the next time, enter the Host Name and click Open the altered Default Setting will be loaded and give your Screen the chosen size.

By copying this Default Setting to some small/medium/large setting, you can even have different defaults active when loading Putty. All you have to do is to leave blank the Host Name in these additional defaults. Then start it as follows, from shortcuts or commandline:

putty -load small HOST
putty -load medium HOST
putty -load large HOST

Leave HOST away if you want to enter it into Putty. (If you leave away the -load XXX then Putty will use Default Settings).

If you save some configuration with a Host Name preset, and saved under HOST1 for example,

you can start this session directly from commandline by loading this configuration:

putty -load HOST1

You can re-use this saved session as a template and override the Host Name as well from commandline, as follows

putty -load HOST1 another.host.example.com

HTH

PS: Sometimes Putty is just a bit too straight forward to be easily understood ;)

Answer 2

You can start putty with -geometry option. For example:

putty -geometry 1000x1000 hostname