Re: TDE on dense small screens

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On Sunday 10 December 2017, Jim wrote:
> On Sat, Dec  9, 2017 at 19:21 (-0800), Vincent Reher wrote:
> 
> > Hello TDE Developers,
> 
> I am not a TDE developer, but if you are willing to hear from random
> people on this olist...
> 
> > I recently purchased a Dell XPS15 laptop for my daughter and before
> > I turn it over to her, I am experimenting to see what must be done
> > to make it usable under Linux/TDE for those with no better than
> > normal eyesight.  Per EDID, the laptop's native screen resolution is
> > 3840 x 2160 and its physical screen dimensions are 346 x 194mm
> > (~15.6" diagonal).  My objective is to run the laptop at native
> > resolution both inside and outside of X (no re-scaling).
> I am using a macbook pro (2880x1800 on a 15" screen) and a 4K 27"
> monitor, and I went through this a while back.
> 
> Having said that, while I use various TDE programs, I don't use TDE's
> window manager, so this advice may not work for you.
> 
> <snip>
> 
> > Of course, if HiDPI issues have already been addressed by others in
> > the post R14.0.4 source code, that would be great.
> 
> I solved a lot of problems by putting
> 
>     export GDK_SCALE=2
> 
> in my ~/.xprofile, which gets read by /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession,
> /etc/tde/tdm/Xsession and /etc/kde/kdm/Xsession (at least on my
> system) and helps a lot of GTK3 programs look reasonable.
> 
> It shouldn't hurt (too much) to give this a try.  I'd be interested in
> knowing how it works out.
> 
> It is too bad that so many software designers assume that screen
> resolutions would be 90 - 100 DPI for all time.
> 
> Cheers.
> 
>                                 Jim
> 
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Hi Jim,

I think the Firefox I am using was built to utilize GTK+-3.x.  If that is correct, I did not see any issues with it despite the fact that the GDK_SCALE environment variable is not set.

I am curious about one thing you mentioned: are actually using TDE (the desktop environment per se) with a window manager other than twin?  If so, I would be interested to know how that worked out for you as I had noted that alternative window managers can be configured.  That might solve at least the "microscopic window resizing arrows" part of the problem.

Thanks,
Vince



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