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| author | Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com> | 2013-07-09 10:07:10 -0400 |
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| committer | Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com> | 2013-07-09 10:25:40 -0400 |
| commit | 2c8ffef284afd4772b0aa38afdaf2f51775d9bb9 (patch) | |
| tree | a9be22f39e411f5d103037b62565301743d33fd9 | |
| parent | 660a1f304e28e6531a1a6bee791fe9a93f214aec (diff) | |
| download | gtk+-2c8ffef284afd4772b0aa38afdaf2f51775d9bb9.tar.gz | |
Document new environment variables
Explain GDK_SCALE and GDK_DPI_SCALE.
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diff --git a/docs/reference/gtk/x11.sgml b/docs/reference/gtk/x11.sgml index bb588b1163..5039e8a7ed 100644 --- a/docs/reference/gtk/x11.sgml +++ b/docs/reference/gtk/x11.sgml @@ -81,6 +81,31 @@ The X11 GDK backend can be influenced with some additional environment variables </para> </formalpara> +<formalpara> + <title><envar>GDK_SCALE</envar></title> + + <para> + Must be set to an integer, typically 2. If set, GDK will scale all + windows by the specified factor. Scaled output is meant to be used on + high-dpi displays. Normally, GDK will pick up a suitable scale factor + for each monitor from the display system. This environment variable + allows to override that. + </para> +</formalpara> + +<formalpara> + <title><envar>GDK_DPI_SCALE</envar></title> + + <para> + This can be useful when using scale-aware GTK+ applications together + with scale-unaware applications on a high-dpi display. In that case, + the font resolution can be doubled to make scale-unaware applications + readable, and <envar>GDK_DPI_SCALE=0.5</envar> can be set to compensate + for that in GTK+ applications which are already scaled by setting + <envar>GDK_SCALE=2</envar>. + </para> +</formalpara> + </refsect2> </refsect1> |