[PATCH app/xrandr] Document that --dpi and --fbmm options set DPI of whole X screen
walter harms
wharms at bfs.de
Mon Jul 24 15:11:15 UTC 2017
documentation is a painful job, thx for doing this.
re,
wh
Am 28.05.2017 23:33, schrieb Pali Rohár:
> Explicitly document and make it clear that those options does not change
> DPI of some monitor output. Also state that these options have no useful
> meaning for multi-monitor configuration.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali.rohar at gmail.com>
> ---
> man/xrandr.man | 14 ++++++++++----
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/man/xrandr.man b/man/xrandr.man
> index 55ea5dd..fec4a1a 100644
> --- a/man/xrandr.man
> +++ b/man/xrandr.man
> @@ -226,14 +226,20 @@ fit within this size. When this option is not provided, xrandr computes the
> smallest screen size that will hold the set of configured outputs; this
> option provides a way to override that behaviour.
> .IP "\-\-fbmm \fIwidth\fPx\fIheight\fP"
> -Sets the reported values for the physical size of the screen. Normally,
> +Sets the reported values for the physical size of the whole X screen (not particular
> +output!) which consists of all configured monitors. Physical size of the X screen does
> +not have any meaning when two monitors with different DPI are configured. Normally,
> xrandr resets the reported physical size values to keep the DPI constant.
> -This overrides that computation.
> +This overrides that computation. This option should be calculated from DPI
> +value 96 as it not have any useful meaning for multi-monitor configuration.
> .IP "\-\-dpi \fIdpi\fP"
> .IP "\-\-dpi \fIfrom-output\fP"
> -This also sets the reported physical size values of the screen, it uses either
> +This also sets the reported physical size values of the whole X screen (not particular
> +output!) which consists of all configured monitors. Physical size of the X screen does not
> +have any meaning when two monitors with different DPI are configured. This option uses either
No number needed:
"have any meaning when monitors with different DPI are configured."
> the specified DPI value, or the DPI of the given output, to compute an appropriate
> -physical size using whatever pixel size will be set.
> +physical size using whatever pixel size will be set. This option should be set to
> +default value 96 as it not have any useful meaning for multi-monitor configuration.
The "default value 96" is confusing me, perhaps a simple reordering may help:
physical size using whatever pixel size will be set (default 96 DPI). It does not have any useful
meaning for multi-monitor configuration.
> .IP "\-\-newmode \fIname\fP \fImode\fP"
> New modelines can be added to the server and then associated with outputs.
> This option does the former. The \fImode\fP is specified using the ModeLine
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