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Re: [Request for Tests] Experimental icon options in Kicad

 

Le 01/03/2017 à 15:05, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit :
> I'm OK with making the menu icons a user option rather than a build time
> option.  I really don't have a preference on this issue so give the
> people what they want.
> 
> The bitmap scaling is a separate issue and needs to be tested by users
> with high dpi displays.  I don't recall anyone reporting back on this
> yet.  I suppose we could make it a build config option and have some
> custom builds available for users to test but I don't want to make this
> a default until we have some input.

I could commit the menu icons on/off as user option.

The bitmap scaling needs to be tested, and is not yet ready for use, just suitable only for tests.
(It needs more work before committing)

> 
> On 3/1/2017 7:06 AM, Fabrizio Tappero wrote:
>> Hi Guys,
>> I do not have a HDPI monitor but I just would like to add that in my
>> opinion it might be a good idea to have the option of showing and not
>> showing menu icons. 
>>
>> Regarding the resizing I have no opinion.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Fabrizio
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 4:34 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>
>>     On 2/21/2017 11:48 AM, Mark Roszko wrote:
>>     > Ah.
>>     >
>>     > I had a better patch for this but I never submitted that scales the
>>     > icons 100% to intended size regardless of the display DPI without the
>>     > need for "size scale options".
>>     >  wxWidgets has the functions to calcuate the correct scale, it's just
>>     > not exposed
>>     > to fix bitmaps in 3.0 but its in 3.1. I wrote a simple patch to make it
>>     > work in 3.0.
>>     >
>>     > I'll have to go dig it up somewhere
>>
>>     Mark,
>>
>>     If you have a better solution for these please forward it so we can take
>>     a look at it.
>>
>>     Has anyone with a high dpi monitor had a chance to test this yet?  If so
>>     please give us some feedback.
>>
>>     Of course I would be more than willing to accept the donation of a high
>>     dpi computer to work on this issue. :)
>>
>>     Thanks,
>>
>>     Wayne


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Jean-Pierre CHARRAS


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