[PD] Menu fonts much too small on 4k screen

[Martin Dupras]

I just tried and that seems to make no difference at all, unfortunately.

I'll keep digging. Thanks for your help, it was worth a try!

- martin


On 17 April 2016 at 19:06, Dan Wilcox <danomatika at gmail.com> wrote:
> Further, on that page seems to be some script functions to handle automatic
> scaling calculation, so if a quick test works, this is something we could
> incorporate into pd at startup.
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> On Apr 17, 2016, at 12:05 PM, Martin Dupras <martindupras at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Great, I will have a go and report!
>
> Many thanks!
>
> - martin
>
>
> On 17 April 2016 at 19:04, Dan Wilcox <danomatika at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From that link, it looks like you can add settings/small scripts inside the
> ~/.wishrc and/or ~/.tclkitrc files in your home folder. I assume setting the
> dpi there will affect tcl/tk apps like pd…
>
> The relevant info that caught my attention is:
>
> MGS - The tk scaling value should be set to its correct value as early as
> possible. I do this in my ~/.wishrc file as follows:
>   tk scaling -displayof . [expr {101.6 / 72.0}]
> I know my monitor is 101.6 DPI by measuring with a ruler and dividing into
> the screen resolution.
>
>
> Seems like if you know your screen’s dpi, you can manually try setting the
> scaling amount you will need. At least worth a try.
>
> I’m only assuming all of this by quickly doing a google search and finding
> that page. it may or may not work and is indeed an issue with tk’s
> implementation on your OS. I’m running Pd vanilla on a High PDI screen on
> OSX but Apple has added automatic app screen scaling in OSX.
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> On Apr 17, 2016, at 11:33 AM, Martin Dupras <martindupras at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks Dan,
>
> I understand the theory, but I have to confess that I don't understand
> the information in the link. COuld you elaborate on how one would use
> this information to increase the font size? I must confess that I have
> zero experience programming tcl or tk.
>
> - martin
>
>
> On 11 April 2016 at 08:41, Dan Wilcox <danomatika at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Looks like you could set the tk scaling in a .wishrc file:
> http://wiki.tcl.tk/8484 (Press Show Discussion)
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> On Apr 10, 2016, at 11:08 PM, pd-list-request at lists.iem.at wrote:
>
> From: Csaba Láng <langcsaba at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [PD] Menu fonts much too small on 4k screen
> Date: April 10, 2016 at 6:13:59 AM MDT
> To: "pd-list at lists.iem.at" <pd-list at lists.iem.at>
>
>
> ctrl+T is a good option to adjust the font size of the objects to your
> needs.
> About the menu, no idea yet.
>
> Best:
>
> Popesz
>
> On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Martin Dupras <martindupras at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I just acquired a new laptop with a 4K (3840x2160) screen, and am
> running Fedora Linux with PlanetCCRMA on it.
>
> Everything works fine, pretty much, but everything in PD is just too
> small. The menus are difficult to read. Objects are also so small that
> it makes it difficult to hone in on the outlets of objects.
>
> Is there some setting that can set at launch to make those things bigger?
>
> Many thanks!
>
> - martin
>
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