Anno domini 2025 Tue, 26 Aug 16:15:04 -0300 Jim via tde-users scripsit: > On Tue, Aug 26, 2025 at 05:47 (+0200), Thierry de Coulon via tde-users wrote: > > > On Monday 25 August 2025 23:43:35 Jim via tde-users wrote: > > >> Rather than specifying font sizes in terms of pixels (which was a bad idea > >> from day 1), I specify my font sizes in points. Given the Xft now knows > >> the truth (i.e., what the actual DPI of the screen is), when I ask for > >> (say) a 12pt font, it shows up on my screen at 12pt. Not at some > >> teeny-tiny 6 point or something > > > Sounds interresting. Where do you put these instruction so that TDE draws a > > usable desktop on a high DPI screen? > > Hi Thierry, > > It seems Nik has answered (partially or wholly, depending on your knowledge), > although his answer doesn't address using xrandr to expunge the lie that > the screen is 96 DPI. > > I use Slackware, and the instructions are (evidently) a bit different for > Slackware than for debian-based distros. I would have put some of these > settings (such as the default GDK_DPI_SCALE) in ~/.xprofile, but maybe > Debian doesn't play nicely with that way of doing things. > (I have convinced Raspbian (based on Debian) to show everything at a > reasonable size on a Hi-DPI monitor, and even though I don't have TDE on > any RPi, if things work on Raspbian + fvwm than you should be able to get > them to work on Debian + trinity.) TDE works just fine on any RPi >= 3B (I have a RPI400 running TDE + LinuxCNC still in use). Anyway, nowadays even the RPI5 are not a sane choice - any used thinkpad has way more power an "obolete" Windows10 laptops will probably flood the market in some months .. just in case somebody need a red truck to play with :) Nik > > Cheers. > Jim > ____________________________________________________ > tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ... ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
