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   Robert Riches to The Natural Philosopher   
   Re: [On-Topic] any favorite tutorials or   
   26 Dec 25 02:03:38   
   
   From: spamtrap42@jacob21819.net   
      
   On 2025-12-25, The Natural Philosopher  wrote:   
   > On 25/12/2025 04:15, Robert Riches wrote:   
   >> (In the old days, it was appropriate to tag off-topic posts in   
   >> this newsgroup with the bracketed [OT].  Lately, it seems more   
   >> appropriate to tag on-topic posts with something.  1/2 :-)   
   >>   
   >> Does anyone have favorite tutorials or other helps for dealing   
   >> with a high-DPI transition?   
   >>   
   >> I'm Running Devuan (currently Daedalus, hopefully soon Excalibur)   
   >> using plain X and fvwm2, no DE as such with 1920x1200 monitors.   
   >> Just purchased a round of 4k monitors, so I'll be needing to   
   >> adjust xterm fonts, web browser issues, other GUI application   
   >> issues, etc.   
   >>   
   >> For web browser issues, I anticipate a lot of fun with websites   
   >> and web apps that use (n)px directives for some of their margins   
   >> and spacing.  If the browser interprets those at face value,   
   >> mixed with other directives in units of text elements and such,   
   >> things could end up looking somewhat different from how the   
   >> developers intended.   
   >>   
   >> Thanks!   
   >>   
   > Browsers at least will allow you to magnify . Most applications will   
   > allow a choice of font size and in general desktops can use   
   > 'accessibility' or simply font setups oin menus and borders etc.   
      
   Thanks!   
      
   --   
   Robert Riches   
   spamtrap42@jacob21819.net   
   (Yes, that is one of my email addresses.)   
      
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