Re: high DPI screens with openbox

On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 06:14:54AM +0200, TT wrote:
> On 02/09/2016 01:12 PM, Jim Rees wrote:
> >Louis-David Mitterrand wrote:
> >
> >   I have a new Dell XPS 15" laptop with 3840x2160 resolution.
> >   In openbox is there a way/tool to scale up the UI like in gnome so the
> >   interface appears with a "normal" size while keeping native resolution?
> >
> >The font sizes are all in points, so if you have correctly configured your X
> >server and fontconfig to know what dpi the screen is, the text should appear
> >in "normal" size. At least that's the theory. I'm not sure how the icons
> >work.
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> in other words, if you set dpi accordingly in your X server's settings, it
> should work.
> something like this:
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> 
> XFT_SETTINGS="
> Xft.antialias:  1
> Xft.autohint:   0
> Xft.dpi:        96 <== you need a different value here.
> Xft.hinting:    1
> Xft.hintstyle:  hintfull
> Xft.lcdfilter:  lcddefault
> Xft.rgba:       rgb
> "
> 
> echo "$XFT_SETTINGS" | xrdb -merge > /dev/null 2>&1
> 
> save it, make executable and add to your autostart.

My gods it works, thanks!
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