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Re: [Ports] New method to handle the device specific pixel ratio

 

ro.product.device=GT-I9000B
ro.product.board=aries


GRID_UNIT_PX=10
QTWEBKIT_DPR=1.0
FORM_FACTOR="phone"


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On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 3:00 PM, f69m <launchpad@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks, so much easier now! :)
>
> Config for Asus Transformer Pad TF300T:
>
> Filename: tf300t.conf
> ---
> GRID_UNIT_PX=10
> QTWEBKIT_DPR=1.6
> FORM_FACTOR="tablet"
> ---
>
>
>
> On 03/22/2013 02:27 AM, Ricardo Salveti de Araujo wrote:
>
>> Hey,
>>
>> We just landed a merge request [1] created by Oliver (ogra) that improves
>> the way we're currently handling the device specific pixel ratio values.
>>
>> The main idea is to move the device specific configuration from
>> /usr/bin/ubuntu-session to a proper config file, in a way it won't be
>> needed to change the original sources anymore.
>>
>> As described at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/**
>> Porting#Screen_Pixel_Ratio<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Porting#Screen_Pixel_Ratio>,
>> here's how you can create your device specific configuration file from
>> tomorrow's image on:
>>
>> First identify the ro.product.device android property used by your device
>> (check the /system/build.prop file from your port or from the original
>> Android image). Then with the desired DPR, create a file at
>> /etc/ubuntu-session.d, adding your custom GRID_UNIT_PX and QTWEBKIT_DPR
>> variables, also specifying the default form factor you want, such as:
>> $ cat /etc/ubuntu-session.d/manta.**conf
>> GRID_UNIT_PX=20
>> QTWEBKIT_DPR=2.5
>> FORM_FACTOR="tablet"
>>
>> Another good side effect is that people will be able to safely update the
>> ubuntu-session package without breaking the previous device specific setup.
>> Also, it make way easier to accept new contributions as all we need now is
>> to add a config file to the session-manager package.
>>
>> Also, please don't forget to send us the config file after you created it
>> for your port, so we can include them in ubuntu-session by default.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> [1] https://code.launchpad.net/~**ogra/session-manager/posix-**
>> rewrite/+merge/153542<https://code.launchpad.net/~ogra/session-manager/posix-rewrite/+merge/153542>
>>
>>
>
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