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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 3/1/2017 11:15 AM, jp charras wrote:
> 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.

I am fine with that if there are no objections.

> 
> 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)

If you know anyone who has a high dpi display, please give them a nudge
to test this.  We are getting quite a few users who are using high dpi
displays so we need to address this sooner rather than later.

> 
>>
>> 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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