Re: fluxbox styles for HiDPI screens

"Michael M. Tung" <[email protected]> Mon, 27 Feb 2017 21:12:47 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.window-managers.fluxbox.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Many thanks danter,

I have been experimenting with this overlay and it works fine with
the majority of available styles. The fonts in titlebar etc. are
legible again on the HiDPI screen. =


Best,
      Mike

D.T. [[email protected]] wrote:
> This has already accumulated too many answers, but i have one more thing =

> to add.
> preamble:
> =

>   * I don't think there's a central collection of fluxbox hdpi styles.
>     so that answers that.
>   * styles using pixmaps don't take well to scaling, period. But there's
>     plenty of non-pixmap styles.
> =

> *
> *
> =

> *ok, here's the magic: ~/.fluxbox/overlay*
> =

> should contain
> =

>   * suitably large fonts - you probably need ALL of the below:
>   * *font:
>       *Font:
>       menu.title.font:
>       menu.frame.font:
>       window.font:
>       toolbar.clock.font:
>       toolbar.workspace.font:
>       toolbar.iconbar.focused.font:
>       toolbar.iconbar.unfocused.font:
>   * a suitably large override for pixel-based sizes in themes. some
>     examples I can think of:
>   * *.bevelWidth:
>     *.borderWidth:
>     toolbar.height: 0
>     window.title.height:
>     window.handleWidth:
> =

> hope this helps.
> =

> =

> cheers,
> =

> danter
> =

> =

> =

> =

> On 21/02/17 01:17, Michael M. Tung wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am looking for suitable fluxbox styles on high-resolution screens (32=
00x1800).
> >
> > It is possible to increase the fonts size with overlays, but I am looki=
ng for a
> > convenient way to also scale bigger the title bars (increasing the heig=
ht of the
> > bars so that the bigger fonts fit in comfortably).
> >
> > Perhaps anybody knows a style that cares care of this. Any other sugges=
tions are
> > also welcome.
> >
> > Many thanks.
> > Best,
> >        Michael
> >
> >
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