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Jimbo_G

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Scaling tint2

I've been mostly successful adapting Beryllium to a 32-inch monitor: having changed the DPI in .Xresources and modified the font sizes in jgmenu, nearly everything is readable, except for the tint2 panel which remains tiny.

I can't make much sense of the scale_relative_to_dpi variable in tint2rc (by default it's zero).

The man page says:

If set to a non-zero value, HiDPI scaling is enabled. Each panel is visible on a different monitor. Thus each panel has a specific scaling factor. The scaling factor is computed as the ratio between the monitor DPI (obtained from the dimensions in pixels and millimeters from RandR) and a configured reference DPI - this is the DPI for which exising user configs looked normal, for backward compatibility.

What non-zero value should scale_relative_to_dpi actually be set to? The real DPI for my monitor? 1? I've tried various values and nothing seems to change.

I have changed quite a lot in tint2rc to get things looking okay (panel height, padding, font sizes) but I was wondering if there was an easier way?

johnraff

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Re: Scaling tint2

I couldn't understand that scale_relative_to_dpi setting either I'm afraid.

It was first discussed in 2017 right here:
https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=3989
I found this Polish page on dpi scaling with a tint2 section, Google translated here:
https://morfikov-github-io.translate.go … r_hl=en-GB

Something to try?

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Jimbo_G

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Re: Scaling tint2

Thanks, it looks like that setting might only be useful when using multiple monitors. Anyway, I have my panel looking the way I want and it gave me the opportunity to learn more about tint2 settings, so all is good.

brontosaurusrex

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Re: Scaling tint2

I think

scale_relative_to_dpi = 2

should be a good start if '1' is not doing anything.

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johnraff

nullglob

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Re: Scaling tint2

That translated Polish webpage is about precisely scaling for HiDPI, not just tint2 but a whole range of issues, and not particularly for multiple displays, if my skim through is right. It looks quite useful, if what it says is correct...

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