Re: HiDPI and fractional scaling

2014-02-05 Thread Loïc Minier
On Mon, Feb 03, 2014, Alexander Larsson wrote: Well, the way scaling works on X is that we set a global value for the scale factor, and all apps just render that much larger. It is impossible for an X app to render at two sizes for windows that stradle monitors, and it is very hard to reliably

Re: HiDPI and fractional scaling

2014-02-03 Thread Alexander Larsson
On mån, 2014-02-03 at 09:54 +0530, Arun Raghavan wrote: Hello, I'm typing this from my Sony Vaio Pro 13. The resolution on this thing is 1920x1080 on a 13 display, putting it at about 160 dpi, so I don't get any automatic scaling love. Without scaling, there is a massive amount of eye

Re: HiDPI and fractional scaling

2014-02-03 Thread Alexander Larsson
On mån, 2014-02-03 at 09:27 +, Loïc Minier wrote: On Mon, Feb 03, 2014, Alexander Larsson wrote: [...] Also, the multi-monitor situation wrt hidpi is essentially unfixable on X11. Would you have details or pointers on this part? (We'll have X around for many years to come, at least

Re: HiDPI and fractional scaling

2014-02-03 Thread Emmanuele Bassi
hi; On 3 February 2014 04:24, Arun Raghavan a...@accosted.net wrote: Hello, I'm typing this from my Sony Vaio Pro 13. The resolution on this thing is 1920x1080 on a 13 display, putting it at about 160 dpi, so I don't get any automatic scaling love. you shouldn't get any automatic surface

Re: HiDPI and fractional scaling

2014-02-03 Thread Alexander Larsson
On mån, 2014-02-03 at 14:19 +0100, Loïc Minier wrote: On Mon, Feb 03, 2014, Alexander Larsson wrote: Well, the way scaling works on X is that we set a global value for the scale factor, and all apps just render that much larger. It is impossible for an X app to render at two sizes for

Re: HiDPI and fractional scaling

2014-02-03 Thread Emmanuele Bassi
hi; On 3 February 2014 13:54, Alexander Larsson al...@redhat.com wrote: It seems to me X can properly expose the DPI, physical dimensions and logical dimensions in pixels of each screen, so would it be possible to use these correctly wherever the app starts, and signal the app if it ever

HiDPI and fractional scaling

2014-02-02 Thread Arun Raghavan
Hello, I'm typing this from my Sony Vaio Pro 13. The resolution on this thing is 1920x1080 on a 13 display, putting it at about 160 dpi, so I don't get any automatic scaling love. Without scaling, there is a massive amount of eye strain, and it really isn't comfortable to use. I can increase