[PD] PD on retina display

[Jean-Michel Dumas]

Forgot to mention that, while not fixing the retina problem, changing the
tk scaling value doesn't break vanilla PD like it does for extended.
jm

Jean-Michel Dumas

http://www.jmdumas.org

http://magasin.bandcamp.com


On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Jean-Michel Dumas <jm.dumas at gmail.com>wrote:

> So I tried both fixes.. to no effect whatsoever.
>
> Also tried to play with tk scaling, but setting it to anything else than 1
> breaks my PD (no canvas will load except for the main pd window).
> Commenting it out seems pretty harmless though (i.e. doesn't change
> anything on osx).
>
> Tried a couple of other plist tweaks (aliasing, font size, etc..), but
> nothing does it.
>
> Alas, the quest for beauty continues..
> jm
>
>
> Jean-Michel Dumas
>
> http://www.jmdumas.org
>
> http://magasin.bandcamp.com
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 6:50 PM, Jean-Michel Dumas <jm.dumas at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I'll be away from the retina Mac for a couple of days but I'll make sure
>> to test both possible fixes (Miller's and Dan's) as soon as I get back.
>>
>> Cheers and thanks,
>> Jm
>>
>> -- envoyé par un androïde --
>> On Aug 21, 2013 5:21 PM, "Dan Wilcox" <danomatika at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Also, apparently it's possible to run retina resolutions on non retina
>>> hardware for testing:
>>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12124576/how-to-simulate-a-retina-display-hidpi-mode-in-mac-os-x-10-8-mountain-lion-on/13596261#13596261
>>>
>>> That should work for testing Pd + retina without a new machine (hint
>>> hint Jonathan :D)
>>>
>>> On Aug 21, 2013, at 5:15 PM, Dan Wilcox <danomatika at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> A quick google search gives me this: Is it possible to have git gui /
>>> gitk look good on a retina Macbook Pro?<http://superuser.com/questions/620824/is-it-possible-to-have-git-gui-gitk-look-good-on-a-retina-macbook-pro>
>>>  and this <http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.tcl.mac/7164>.
>>>
>>> It seems there is a plist key for Retina-able apps. Can you try adding
>>> the following to /Applications/Pd-extended.app/Contents/Info.plist:
>>>
>>> <key>NSHighResolutionCapable</key> <true/>
>>>
>>> On Aug 21, 2013, at 4:30 PM, pd-list-request at iem.at wrote:
>>>
>>> *From: *Jean-Michel Dumas <jm.dumas at gmail.com>
>>>  *Subject: **Re: [PD] PD on retina display*
>>> *Date: *August 21, 2013 4:29:43 PM EDT
>>> *To: *IOhannes m zmölnig <zmoelnig at iem.at>
>>>  *Cc: *PDlist <pd-list at iem.at>
>>>
>>>
>>>  lol I knew someone would post something like that and i'm aware of ways
>>> to do that (though not sed, since you have to be a wizard and/or a machine
>>> to use that). i'm still keeping that line, could be handy sometime, thanks.
>>>
>>> i'm working between multiple machines from a centralized patch
>>> repository, which means fixing the look of all the patches for one will
>>> render them weird looking on the others. my main patching machine is
>>> running Ubuntu and everything looks fine on it. the gig machine I need
>>> stuff to look good on is a new macbook, hence the retina display.
>>>
>>> anyway, the fact remains that all dialogs and menu bars and titles stay
>>> ugly even if I can partially fix the patches by reducing font size.
>>>
>>> i'm guessing it's XQuartz's fault somehow, but I know nothing about it
>>> or how to change the display mode.
>>>
>>> jm
>>>
>>>
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