On Mon, Dec 5, 2022 at 9:56 AM Stephen Dennison <stephe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 4, 2022 at 3:33 PM Klaus Ethgen <klaus+f...@ethgen.ch> wrote: > > > > I have a new laptop with 3840x2400 graphic. Unfortunately, that is too > > much to be visible so I use it with only 1920x1200. Unfortunately, the > > controls are still very small. > > I have a similar issue with one of my systems. > > > Is there any way to scale all fvwm components by, say, factor 250%? > > I can't think of an *easy* way for FVWM to do this for you, but > depending on the method you are using for scaling, there are some > things you can try using xrandr. > > If you are only setting the output mode via`--mode`, you still have an > issue with dpi. You can adjust both to get the desired effect. See > the `--dpi` argument in the man page. >
note the --dpi argument is only for old xfonts, which most apps don't use. Instead you should be using xft fonts, in which case you can use .Xdefaults to set a dpi scaling for xft fonts. I use 'Xft.dpi: 120' on my 2k monitor setup. jaimos
