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1 xrandrfontsize |
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2 ============== |
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4 Description |
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6 Solves the frustrating necessity of adjusting the font size when constan… |
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7 moving terminal window between monitors (i.e. by tiling WM). |
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9 Primary usecases: |
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11 * monitors have very different DPI (e.g. HiDPI laptop + FullHD monitor); |
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12 * one monitor is near you (laptop) and another is far (UHD TV on the wal… |
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13 * one monitor is for coding (large font) and another for logs (small fon… |
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14 * single ultrawide monitor is split into two (for main working area to b… |
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16 Example for monitor splitting (first associated area is treated as prima… |
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17 ```bash |
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18 xrandr --listmonitors | grep -wo "HDMI-0~[0-9]" | sed 's/^/--delmonitor … |
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19 xrandr --setmonitor HDMI-0~1 2845/648x1600/366+995+0 HDMI-0 --setmonitor… |
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20 ``` |
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22 Configure |
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23 --------- |
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25 Associative map value meaning: |
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26 |
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27 * `commented-out` : fixed relative points size (monitor dpi) |
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28 * `=0` : use fixed absolute pixel size (default screen dpi) |
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29 * `>0` : use auto absolute pixel size (monitor dpi) |
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30 * `<0` : use auto relative points size (monitor dpi) |
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32 ```c |
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33 MonitorConfig monitors_config[] = { |
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34 // {"eDP-1", ...}, // commented-out, uses default font size as… |
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35 {"DP-1", 0}, // auto-scales font size based on global Xo… |
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36 {"HDMI-0~1", -20}, // applies relative font size (e.g. "monosp… |
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37 {"HDMI-0~2", -14}, // uses smaller font for ultrawide side-scr… |
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38 {"HDMI-1", 18}, // fixed font size for TV (i.e. "monospace:… |
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39 }; |
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40 ``` |
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42 NOTE: font size is assigned separately per each output name, because the… |
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43 not much sense to scale font size strictly and **solely** by DPI. |
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44 And you may need *intentionally* different font sizes (like usecases abo… |
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46 Download |
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48 * [xrandrfontsize-0.8.4-20211224-2f6e597.diff](xrandrfontsize-0.8.4-2021… |
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50 INFO: it clearly applies over at least 15 other patches. |
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52 Authors |
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53 ------- |
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54 * Dmytro Kolomoiets - <[email protected]> |
