[Fluxbox-users] From 1280x800 to 3200x1800: scale up everything (font size/windows size..)

[Massimo Canonico]

Hi all,

I've just bought a new laptop with the same screen size (13.3'') of my
previous laptop. Both are dell xps.

Now I'm fighting with fluxbox in order to have a decent layout and but
everything is so small due to the fact that the old laptop worked with
1280x800 while the new one works with 3200x1800.

Now I'm wondering if there is a easy solution to scale up sizes of
fonts/windows in order to obtain something readable and not everything
so small. Other windows manager where able to adapt the font/windows
size to the new display without any input from me.

Thanks,

Massimo

[Thomas Lübking]

Sorry for being late - this ended up in the spam folder.

Am Fri, 13 Jan 2017 13:54:59 +0100

Post by Massimo Canonico
Hi all,
I've just bought a new laptop with the same screen size (13.3'') of
my previous laptop. Both are dell xps.
Now I'm fighting with fluxbox in order to have a decent layout and
but everything is so small due to the fact that the old laptop worked
with 1280x800 while the new one works with 3200x1800.
Now I'm wondering if there is a easy solution to scale up sizes of
fonts/windows in order to obtain something readable and not
everything so small.

Errr ... are we talking about fonts for fluxbox (titlebar/toolbar) or
the applications (thunderbird etc.)

In general, fonts should work "automagically" unless you're using a
bitmap font (they have *one* *fixed* pixelsize and will never scale at
all)
For fluxbox dimensions, it's mostly matter of the used style, for fonts
(fluxbox and in general) of the resolved resolution - check "xdpyinfo |
grep resolution" - should be around 270 dpi, but that's not a matter of
the window manager at all.

Notice that this resolution can be overridden in various places,
notably ~/.Xresources

Cheers,
Thomas