Re: [Fluxbox-users] fluxbox styles for HiDPI screens

[Michael M. T. <mt...@ma...>]

Thomas Lübking [tho...@gm...] wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 02:08:58PM +0100, Michael M. Tung wrote:
> >Hi Lionel,
> >
> >I am aware of that and have been customizing styles before.
> >
> >Probably this will be my last resort (in case there is no
> >style repository for HiDPI screens or alternative solutions
> >for global scaling).
> 
> There's none. The majority of themes uses pixmap buttons and in addition
> fixed titlebar height specifications (in pixels)
> One could probably easily apply a DPI translation on the pixel hints of
> the styles but that does not fix the button etc. pixmaps: you'd have to
> scale them and that will at best look "bricky" (if you apply integer
> scaling only, ie. *2, *3, ...) and otherwise murky (because scaling
> items of that size will cause unsharp and visually squeezed results)
> 
> I suggest to take your favorite style and create a HiDPI interpretation
> of it (ie. repaint the pixmaps like a retexture project for quake 1
> would do ;-)
> Then share the result.
> 
> Cheers,
> Thomas
> 

Hi Thomas,

That's probably the only option left: repainting the pixmaps and give
them a fancy gaming touch.  ;-)

On the long run, as HiDPI screen become more common, it would probably
be good to have a collection of suitable themes available.

Thanks to all for suggestions!

Best,
Michael