Re: [dev] Macbook retina and dwm

2014-11-02 Thread Nick
Quoth Evan Gates: > The problem I'm currently facing is finding a browser that > supports HIDPI correctly. I've been playing with chrome, firefox, and > surf but have yet to find a satisfactory setup. Anyone have any > recommendations? Iceweasel (at least the version in Debian stable) works perfec

Re: [dev] Macbook retina and dwm

2014-10-26 Thread Evan Gates
On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 1:02 PM, Dimitris Zervas wrote: > On October 26, 2014 9:57:49 PM EET, Evan Gates wrote: >>I'm in the same boat. My DPI is automagically set correctly > Without a xorg.conf? Cool. Correct. >>and using >>a larger font size works as it should with dwm's status bar and my >>

Re: [dev] Macbook retina and dwm

2014-10-26 Thread Dimitris Zervas
On October 26, 2014 9:57:49 PM EET, Evan Gates wrote: >I'm in the same boat. My DPI is automagically set correctly Without a xorg.conf? Cool. >and using >a larger font size works as it should with dwm's status bar and my >terminal. What font size are you using >The problem I'm currently facing is

Re: [dev] Macbook retina and dwm

2014-10-26 Thread Evan Gates
I'm in the same boat. My DPI is automagically set correctly and using a larger font size works as it should with dwm's status bar and my terminal. The problem I'm currently facing is finding a browser that supports HIDPI correctly. I've been playing with chrome, firefox, and surf but have yet to fi

Re: [dev] Macbook retina and dwm

2014-10-26 Thread Alexander Hof
FRIGN wrote: > Refer to this: > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/xorg#Display_size_and_DPI Not mentioned there, but working with any screen that communicates it's physical size correctly: xrandr --fbmm $(xrandr | /bin/sed -n '/ connected / {s/.* \([0-9]\+\)mm x \([0-9]\+\)mm/\1x\2/p;q}')

Re: [dev] Macbook retina and dwm

2014-10-25 Thread Alex Pilon
> On Sun, 26 Oct 2014 01:00:05 +0300 Dimitris Zervas wrote: > > I though about system wide font enlargement or passing other > > resolution to X11 (possible?). > On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 12:41:15AM +0200, FRIGN wrote: > You are close. The _real_ way to do it is set the DPI in xorg.conf Or avoid to

Re: [dev] Macbook retina and dwm

2014-10-25 Thread FRIGN
On Sun, 26 Oct 2014 01:00:05 +0300 Dimitris Zervas wrote: > Refer to this: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/xorg#Display_size_and_DPI -- FRIGN

Re: [dev] Macbook retina and dwm

2014-10-25 Thread FRIGN
On Sun, 26 Oct 2014 01:00:05 +0300 Dimitris Zervas wrote: > Any ideas? > I though about system wide font enlargement or passing other resolution to > X11 (possible?). You are close. The _real_ way to do it is set the DPI in xorg.conf and enlargen the default font size. That's exactly what Appl

[dev] Macbook retina and dwm

2014-10-25 Thread Dimitris Zervas
Hello, I just bought my macbook pro retina 13". I am running Gentoo fairly well (a bit power hungry, I am open to suggestions, especially fan control). The main problem is the resolution. If I downscale with xrandr, it does bitmap scales so the fonts are horrible. Any ideas? I though about syste