Hello and thanks for the info regarding the SQUEAK_FAKEBIGCURSOR=1 It works for WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) and I added it to my blog:
https://fuhrmanator.github.io/2019/02/27/Pharo-in-WSL.html Cheers On Tue, 18 Feb 2020 at 11:43, tbrunz <wild.id...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm also looking forward to Hi-DPI support being fully implemented in > Pharo. > > Until then, there is the "Display scale factor" slider and the ability to > change the font size. However, most have probably already noticed that > these controls don't affect the size of the mouse pointer, which can be > annoying as it's much harder to find on big screens. > > I recently found this posting, which is helpful: > > Scaling for HiDPI in Pharo: > 1.) Evaluating "MenubarMorph reset" will fix the menu bar scaling factor. > 2.) There's a SQUEAK_FAKEBIGCURSOR env var which you can set to 1 to have > the VM > display the cursor twice as big as normal. I've no idea why the word 'FAKE' > is > part of this; from the source it looks like it just creates a normal X11 > cursor > that's twice as big as normal. This should work with Cuis, Squeak, and > Pharo, > as it's part of the VM. > > I found that entering "export SQUEAK_FAKEBIGCURSOR=1" will cause standalone > Pharo to have a normal-looking pointer on 4K displays, but this does not > seem to work as expected with Pharo Launcher, or images launched with Pharo > Launcher. > > After some investigation, I determined that the 'pharo-launcher', 'pharo' > and 'pharo-ui' bash scripts (for Pharo Launcher and Pharo IOT) can be > modified to make this work. > > The trick is to add "env SQUEAK_FAKEBIGCURSOR=1" to the front of the > command > that launches the VM/image within the above scripts. > > I've fashioned a set of 'sed' one-liners to automate editing these scripts > accordingly, and am in the process of making a bash script that will use > them to add/remove/verify these edits in a user-friendly fashion. (I also > have scripts that install Pharo Launcher and Pharo IOT in Linux, that > create > & add clickable launcher icons; my plan was to modify these scripts to > write > the cursor size correction scripts into their respective folders when > they're installed.) > > I'll make this available when it's complete, likely in the next couple of > days. > > > > -- > Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html > > -- Christopher Fuhrman, P.Eng., PhD *Professeur au Département de génie logiciel et des technologies de l'informationÉTS (École de technologie supérieure)* http://profs.etsmtl.ca/cfuhrman +1 514 396 8638 *L'ÉTS est une constituante de l'Université du Québec*
