Re: FVWM: Desktop scaling

I used this (and set larger fonts for urxvt, emacs etc.)

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/HiDPI

Currently I use my config on two machines, I solved this by templating 
some fonts/geometry in my fvwmrc, put the different settings in two yaml 
files and run the substitution from .xinitrc.



2022. 12. 05. 18:26 keltezéssel, Jaimos Skriletz írta:
> On Mon, Dec 5, 2022 at 9:56 AM Stephen Dennison <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Sun, Dec 4, 2022 at 3:33 PM Klaus Ethgen <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> I have a new laptop with 3840x2400 graphic. Unfortunately, that is too
>>> much to be visible so I use it with only 1920x1200. Unfortunately, the
>>> controls are still very small.
>> I have a similar issue with one of my systems.
>>
>>> Is there any way to scale all fvwm components by, say, factor 250%?
>> I can't think of an *easy* way for FVWM to do this for you, but
>> depending on the method you are using for scaling, there are some
>> things you can try using xrandr.
>>
>> If you are only setting the output mode via`--mode`, you still have an
>> issue with dpi.  You can adjust both to get the desired effect.  See
>> the `--dpi` argument in the man page.
>>
> note the --dpi argument is only for old xfonts, which most apps don't
> use. Instead you should be using xft fonts, in which case you can use
> .Xdefaults to set a dpi scaling for xft fonts. I use 'Xft.dpi: 120' on
> my 2k monitor setup.
>
> jaimos
>