Oh well then Linux is broken, again. :) In gedit the icons are bigger than the small ones but not as huge as in LibreOffice. Here you can see (LO with small icons): http://blade2k.humppa.hu/2011-01-05-182917_1920x1080_scrot.png
(ws robert 22435)$ xdpyinfo | egrep "(dimensions|dots per inch)" dimensions: 1920x1080 pixels (518x291 millimeters) resolution: 94x94 dots per inch It is strange for me tho that linux *hardcodes* 75. Where is taht hardcoded? On (2011-01-05 17:14), Michael Meeks wrote: > Hi Robert, > > On Wed, 2011-01-05 at 16:24 +0100, Robert Nagy wrote: > > On (2011-01-05 14:27), Michael Meeks wrote: > > > So - I would prefer to stick with large icons; and not use the DPI > > > setting. I suggest instead, that we only use large icons if the true Y > > > resolution > 768 - how does that sound ? > > > > Oh wait, I misunderstood. That is wrong. I am on a 1920x1080 display > > :-) so - as I say; the DPI is a constant of 75 across the Linux > desktop, so this is not a switch but a hard coded setting :-) > > I am still convinced that large icons, on a reasonably sized screen > give a -far- more useful view of the metaphore for a beginner user. As I > say, advanced users can make it smaller. > > > and i still prefer the small icons, it is like that in _every_ app. So > > we should stick to the DPI. > > Well; looking at gedit - it is using gtktoolbar.c's: > > #define DEFAULT_ICON_SIZE GTK_ICON_SIZE_LARGE_TOOLBAR > > ie. the same size (large) icons that we are using here. Perhaps the > size setting is coming from the theme, in which case we should extract > it and use exactly that setting in LibreOffice - can you have a dig ? > (can you check that stock gtk+ apps do indeed have small toolbar > icons ?). > > Thanks, > > Michael. > > -- > michael.me...@novell.com <><, Pseudo Engineer, itinerant idiot > > _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
