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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 3/1/2017 2:45 PM, Julius Schmidt wrote:
> I have a 2560x1440 14" display here. I have no idea what wxWidgets queries
> for "system dpi" (I'm running dwm), but I've tested the icon scaling
> setting.

Thank you for taking the time to test this Julius.

> 
> Since it just scales the bitmaps it looks pretty terrible on this
> display (even on the lowest scaled setting, 1.5).
> Obviously vectorised icons would be best but maybe a better scaling
> algorithm could make it less painful.

This was my fear and I am sure this is why just about every article I
read warned against doing it this way.

> 
> On Wed, 1 Mar 2017, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> 
>> 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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