Re: [E-devel] Enlightenment 0.25.1 small font issues

On Wed, 5 Jan 2022 06:13:21 -0800 Jose R R <[email protected]> said:

> Niltze [Hello]-
> 
> Just built EFL 1.26.1 / E 0.25.1 and (ugh!) at least two(2)
> applications do not render correctly: textadept 10.3 and Yandex
> Browser beta 21.11.3.954 beta (64-bit) for Linux. As a matter of fact,
> YB cannot even be resized with the mouse pointer placed at the edge or
> corners and dragged outwards.

Try disabling the CSD decorations and use system ones (ie e's titlebar etc.). I
might imagine it is suffering from the same bug chromium had with new CSD code
that does really weird things with CSD GTK hints on start then removes them
etc. leaving the window is a weird state.

> < http://www.enlightenment.org/ss/e-61d59ec2585370.20480341.jpg >
> 
> Most of the applications display small letters for peripheral labels,
> such as menu, tab names, etc.
> 
> Chromium browser opens at the same size as YB and although I can
> resize the window by dragging the edges and or corners, still the
> small letters are bothersome.
> < http://www.enlightenment.org/ss/e-61d5a3b1886327.98812052.jpg >

Your fonts are huge. They actually seem wrong - they don't match in size to e's
fonts. They are larger and should be smaller to match E's. At least for me they
do match pixel-for-pixel - perhaps set your font settings in to to use Sans
explicitly and apply to all apps:

http://www.enlightenment.org/ss/e-61d5f44e8e4861.91846538.png

Then you will get the same size and same pixels for your fonts...

If this is too small - then it's too small in e AND too small in your apps and
that is why scale settings exist - "make it bigger" options are right there.
Advanced lets you set any scale you like. Basic mode has a few canned options
for you. Any reason you didn't try the scale settings in E?

> I had not experienced these GUI issues in prior E versions. Another

Because now E sets the xft.dpi and xsettings dpi values by default to make apps
scale in-line with e's own scale settings. They match. That is the idea/point -
for them to match. So fonts end up looking similar/the same with similar sizes.

> thing I noticed is in a double-decked multiple desktops is that
> pressing the pointer to the side, and/or up and down, does not take me
> to the next virtual desktop -- as in prior E versions those events
> succeed -- now I have to select the window with the pointer from the
> task bar by clicking.

Everyone kept complaining to me they hate edge bindings that do this so I
removed them by default. You can add your own edge bindings back to switch
desktops when you go to the edge of a screen in the edge bindings config dialog.

> My eyes already hurt with such small letters by now. I will try to
> provide information on how I hacked the Debian packages as well as
> upload the packages themselves later -- if I do not go back to the
> previous E version to get some stuff done.
> 
> Sorry to rain on your 'flat' parade, Raster. I tried, I really tried
> to like it, to get used to it, but....
> 
> Best Professional Regards.
> 
> -- 
> Jose R R
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