Re: [Tuxpaint-users] screen resolution

[Bill K. <nb...@so...>]

On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 11:01:21AM -0800, Craig Kingston wrote:
> Is there a technical reason why the screen resolutions listed in the
> config do not reflect what is available on my system?

The "Tux Paint Config" tool uses a toolkit called "FLTK".  I'm actually
not sure whether FLTK has a way of checking the system's available
resolutions.

The ones it lists are 'common' ones that I came up with.

HOWEVER...

> Ideally I would like to run TuxPaint in 1280x800, and while 1024x768
> works (although a bit skewed) I was wondering the coding effort (or is
> this testing effort) involved in tweaking the code.  (and otherwise
> posting it as a feature enhancement until I get around to looking at
> it myself)

Tux Paint itself allows any screen resolution or aspect ratio, as long
as it's at least 640 wide and 480 tall.  You can provide the preferred
resolution as a command-line option, e.g.:

  tuxpaint --1280x800

or set the resolution using the "windowsize=..." option in Tux Paint's
configuration file.

Look over Tux Paint's "OPTIONS" documentation for details:

  http://www.tuxpaint.org/docs/html/OPTIONS.html

I think perhaps in the future, I'll allow entering arbitrary values
into Tux Paint config, rather than using a pull-down menu.

Does that seem sensible to everyone?


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