Felix Miata wrote: > deloptes composed on 2016-12-01 22:08 (UTC+0100): > >> Felix Miata wrote: > >> If you change dpi and restart the window manager I would expect that >> icons look different. Perhaps you can test that > > Did you happen to load the images below? They show at least one at same > size (Firefox), and three not (upper right), the latter of which I suppose > are entirely different icons used on account of the elevated DPI, but also > could be SVGs rather than bitmaps. > > For my eyes, most icons are sized too small to describe their purpose > (those in Gimp and LibreOffice are among the worst offenders), so that I > either see them as flags, a target to hit with mouse pointer after seeing > a tooltip that describes their purpose, or as a complete waste of space. I > prefer meanings conveyed by words, but well recognize sometimes words > simply cannot express that which is obvious in a picture. > In the control panel there is option to select the icon size for the theme. I prefer 48px - look there. >>> As an additional exercise, compare the following (from separate sessions >>> using configurations differing only in configured DPI (xrandr in startup >>> script)). Note that the titlebar's right side's icons are larger, but >>> not the left's (Firefox) icon, and that nothing within the application's >>> web content area seems differently sized (movies, images and most web >>> text are sized in px): http://fm.no-ip.com/SS/dt1680x108.png >>> http://fm.no-ip.com/SS/dt1680x144.png > > > >> Under look and feel -> fonts you can enforce the DPI > > Not all environments make such an offer. I prefer that a DPI specification > in most cases be made prior to, at, or as early as possible during Xorg > initialization, in any event prior to a particular user's exposure to WM > output. Anyway - I think what we learned is that DPI must be set when X is starting. The setting does not do anything different. regards --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-devel-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-devel-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-devel.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
