[PATCH weston v2] man: Clarify weston.ini scale option

Pekka Paalanen ppaalanen at gmail.com
Mon Apr 25 14:06:27 UTC 2016


On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 07:04:32 -0500
Yong Bakos <junk at humanoriented.com> wrote:

> From: Yong Bakos <ybakos at humanoriented.com>
> 
> Add explanations of scaling that are a bit more approachable for users.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yong Bakos <ybakos at humanoriented.com>
> Fixes: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94824
> ---
>  man/weston.ini.man | 17 +++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man/weston.ini.man b/man/weston.ini.man
> index 8cdc837..d7c4a6f 100644
> --- a/man/weston.ini.man
> +++ b/man/weston.ini.man
> @@ -389,15 +389,20 @@ be one of the following 8 strings:
>  .RE
>  .TP 7
>  .BI "scale=" factor
> -An integer, 1 by default, typically configured as 2 when needed, denoting
> -the scale factor of the output. Applications that support it render at the
> -appropriate scale. For other applications, weston will scale their output
> -by this factor.
> +The scaling multiplier applied to the entire output, in support of high
> +resolution ("HiDPI" or "retina") displays, that roughly corresponds to the
> +pixel ratio of the display's physical resolution to the logical resolution.
> +Applications that do not support high resolution displays typically appear tiny
> +and unreadable. Weston will scale the output of such applications by this
> +multiplier, to make them readable. Applications that do support their own output
> +scaling can draw their content in high resolution, in which case they avoid
> +compositor scaling. Weston will not scale the output of such applications, and
> +they are not affected by this multiplier.
>  .RE
>  .RS
>  .PP
> -Use a value of 2 for outputs with high resolution. Such displays are often
> -called "HiDPI" or "retina" displays.
> +An integer, 1 by default, typically configured as 2 or higher when needed,
> +denoting the scaling multiplier for the output.
>  .RE
>  .TP 7
>  .BI "seat=" name

Pushed:
   bd57310..425d9d9  master -> master


Thanks,
pq
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