One related question, but not Awesome defined/related (I don't think), how I can increase the size of the pointer used in my xterm? I've managed to adjust the font size, but the pointer is now half height.
On 24 August 2014 11:12, Paul Jolly <[email protected]> wrote: > Awesome. Thanks very much > > > On 24 August 2014 11:01, Uli Schlachter <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hey, >> >> On 24.08.2014 11:51, Paul Jolly wrote: >> > This almost worked for me, except that the menus are not correctly >> drawn; >> > the font appears to be the correct, larger size, but the menus >> themselves >> > don't appear to have grown to accommodate the larger font. >> > >> > Any thoughts? >> >> My thought is the "menu_height" option in your theme. >> >> Awesome bases its wibox height on the font height (1.5 times the font >> height), >> but the menu_height seems to be hardcoded in the theme. >> >> Cheers, >> Uli >> >> > On 22 March 2014 14:14, Uli Schlachter <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> Hey, >> >> >> >> On 22.03.2014 11:30, Dan Milon wrote: >> >>> I installed archlinux & awesome on a macbook pro with a retina >> >>> display. As you can imagine everything was super tiny. I added >> "Xft.dpi >> >>> = 196" to xrdb and now gtk, qt etc apps display normally, but the >> awesome >> >>> status bar still shows tiny. >> >>> >> >>> It seems that awesome itself is unaffected by "Xft.dpi". >> >>> Do you have any idea what I could do to fix this? >> >> >> >> No idea if this actually works, but (if you are using 3.5, which I >> think >> >> you >> >> are), you could try adding the following to the *beginning* (beginning >> is >> >> the >> >> very first line of your config, not later) of your rc.lua: >> >> >> >> require("lgi").PangoCairo.font_map_get_default():set_resolution(196) >> >> >> >> Please tell me if this has any effect. >> >> >> >> Uli >> >> >> >> >> >> P.S.: For future-Uli: Google knows about gdk_screen_get_resolution() >> and >> >> Debian >> >> code search figured out that this function is used in a call to >> >> pango_cairo_context_set_resolution() inside >> >> gtk_widget_update_pango_context(). >> >> >> >> P.P.S.: It would be nice to figure out if lgi let's us use >> >> gdk_screen_get_resolution() and gdk_screen_get_font_options() so that >> they >> >> can >> >> be used in wibox.widget.textbox. No idea how yet, but if we figure out >> a >> >> way to >> >> map gdk screens to awesome screens, that could be used for implementing >> >> this >> >> "properly". Or we just link awesome against Gdk and use this code >> properly >> >> and >> >> get rid of awesome's screens, but that might result in a fight about >> who >> >> owns >> >> the X11 connection... >> >> -- >> >> Who needs a ~/.signature anyway? >> >> >> >> -- >> >> To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected]. >> >> >> > >> >> >> -- >> - Captain, I think I should tell you I've never >> actually landed a starship before. >> - That's all right, Lieutenant, neither have I. >> > >
