Hi Stephen,
While it would be really great if *all* the apps were updated to scale
properly on all kind of screen resolutions, I am afraid that's not
something we can expect to happen.
What we could try is to use a similar technique as of gnome and scale
everything 2X, then use xrandr' scale+panning depending on the
resolutions of the device. This, in-return ensures crystal clear fonts
and no tiny looking widgets.
To counter something similar on my X1 Carbon(1080p) I have set Unity'
scale factor to 2X (if I set anything between 1 and 2, widgets don't
scale) and run this on startup:
$ xrandr --output eDP1 --scale 1.25x1.25 --panning 2400x1350
That gave me the best working experience with Unity7 desktop, so I
hope we can use a similar technique for Apps running from Libertine
container as well.
Cheers!
On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 6:10 PM, Stephen M. Webb
<stephen.webb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:stephen.webb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
On 16-04-27 11:24 PM, Mitchell Reese wrote:
> Hi - am loving using Libertine, and chroot filesystems - great
concept! Couple questions:
>
> 1. How do I edit which folders are shown to libertine apps?
I.e., both with the 'puritine' container, and my custom
> 'extra' container, I'm shown several folders in my home
directory, but not all. I.e., Downloads is missing, as well as
> several custom folders. I'm aware I can bind-mount to folders
inside the chroot, but there seems to be the default
> configuration somewhere that I'm missing.
There is no place to configure what gets mounted. It's
purposefully restricted for confinement reasons.
> 2. Gui for all Libertine apps is tiny!!! How do I edit the
default libertine font sizes?
Most desktop apps were designed for last century's hardware and
assume a display with 96 pixels per inch. Today's 4k
displays and pocket computer screens run at about 300 pixels per
inch or better. That means when you open up a legacy
application from last century on your phone or tablet screen, it's
going to be teeny tiny. We're working on trying to
upscale automatically, but (a) upscaling will look less than
satisfactory and won't be pixel-perfect and (2) there isn't
enough screen real estate to show everything when upscaled.
You'll find the legacy apps look OK on a large external monitor
with a traditional legacy pixel density.
The only good solution to this problem is to bring the apps
forward to 2016 and port them to run natively. That's up to
the app developers.
> 3. Libreoffice can't open documents from the content hub.
libreoffice come up as an option, but won't actually open
> anything. I currently can only open docs from withi.
Libreoffice. Are there any workarounds for this?
This is, unfortunately, still on the backlog for tasks left to do.
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