Hi, Thanks for your feedback. I didn't give a try to i3wm to be honest and I spent so much time tweaking my current Awesome config that I don't want to endeavour a new window manager's configuration. But maybe the outcome of your testing would make me change my mind :-) On 19/06, nhasian@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > I'll admit that I'm not familiar with awesome wm, but I just wanted to let > you know that the new version of i3 that just hit Arch a few days ago now > supports HiDPI displays. I'm looking forward to trying it when the Lenovo > Y50 w/HiDPI becomes available next month. > > > On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 9:28 AM, tlux <tlux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > It's the first time I am requesting help through this distribution list. So > > excuse me if I am in the wrong place. > > > > So, here is my point: > > I have a lenovo T540p with a 3K screen display and, as > > one could image, I have very small fonts and icons which are barelly > > visible at > > normal distance from the screen. I've manage to increase fonts size in my > > configurations files. However, from time to time I need to connect to a 19" > > monitor(1280x1024) and the result is terrible (to say the least). > > > > Is there someone who is in the same situation? and what is your workaround? > > Please note that I am using Awesome WM and thus cannot use the scaling > > factor(Gnome 3) as described here: > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HiDPI > > > > One option I thought of would be to create an udev rule that would detect > > the monitor's connection and trigger a script that would make all the > > necessary > > connfiguration changes. What do you guys think? > > > > Thanks! > >
