From: spamtrap42@jacob21819.net   
      
   On 2025-12-26, John-Paul Stewart  wrote:   
   > On 2025-12-25 10:55 p.m., Robert Riches wrote:   
   >> On 2025-12-26, John-Paul Stewart  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> It's been a couple years since made a similar switch.  But as far as I   
   >>> recall, there's not much to do other than configuring X.  I had to   
   >>> manually specify the monitors' physical size (in millimetres) in my   
   >>> xorg.conf so that X could calculate the correct DPI.  Then everything   
   >>> that's measured in points just kind of fell into place.  (E.g., there   
   >>> was nothing to be done for LibreOffice, etc.)   
   >>   
   >> And, it appears running 'xdpyinfo | grep resolution' should tell   
   >> me whether X automagically caught the resolution in case that's   
   >> already taken care of.   
   >   
   > Correct.  It was mis-detected with my monitors so manual intervention   
   > was necessary.  I hope you have better luck with the automagic stuff!   
   >   
   >>> You'll need to switch your window manager to a high-DPI theme (easy with   
   >>> my choice, xfwm4) since that's all laid out in pixels and you'll have   
   >>> tiny icons and title bars if you don't change.   
   >>   
   >> Good points.  I don't intentionally use icons, and when I   
   >> accidentally iconify something it doesn't much matter what size   
   >> it is, because all I'm going to do is deiconify it.  Title bars   
   >> might be taken care of by the xterm*TitleFont and similar, so   
   >> I'll test that.   
   >   
   > Sorry, I wasn't clear there.  I was referring to the minimize, maximize,   
   > etc. icons in the window's title bar.  Not the ones you get from iconifying.   
   >   
   >> Finding a new fixed-width font could be an adventure.  I have   
   >> been using '9x15' for pretty much everything, but scaling says   
   >> I'll need approximately 15 or 16 by about 26, and I don't think   
   >> there is a canned one of that size.  Trying to use xfontsel has   
   >> always been about as much fun as battling a hydra.   
   >   
   > I use the 12x24 font on my 4K monitors.  Perhaps that will be close   
   > enough for your size requirements.   
   >   
   > I'm also a fan of the terminus fixed-width font.  On Debian you can   
   > install the xfonts-terminus package.  It's available in 24 or 28 pixel   
   > high versions (among others) through xfontsel.   
      
   Thanks again!   
      
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