#793295 XtDefaultFont is too small on HiDPI screens

Package:
libxt6
Source:
libxt
Description:
X11 toolkit intrinsics library
Submitter:
Vincent Lefevre
Date:
2015-08-11 15:15:07 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#793295#5
Date:
2015-07-22 14:32:22 UTC
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The Xterm menu font (menus obtained with Ctrl-click) is too small on
high-dpi screen, and there's nothing in the documentation saying how
to configure it (neither in the xterm(1) man page, nor in the FAQ).

In particular, it doesn't honor the Xft dpi value.

I've tried a suggestion similar to

http://askubuntu.com/questions/283830/how-to-change-the-font-of-various-terminal-emulators

more precisely,

*font: xft:DejaVu\ Sans:Regular:size=10

in my .app-defaults/XTerm file, but I get an error:

Warning: Cannot convert string "xft:DejaVu Sans:Regular:size=10" to type FontStruct

Ditto with just:

*font: DejaVu Sans 10

What needs to be done:
  * The Xft dpi value should probably be honored by default (that's
    how I got the menu font scaled in various applications).
  * Documentation.

Note: this is just for the menus, *not* for the terminal fonts (which
can be configured without any problem with faceName and faceSize).
#793295#10
Date:
2015-07-22 14:50:08 UTC
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#793295#15
Date:
2015-08-10 23:01:11 UTC
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menus are done by libxaw7 (will reassign).

By the way, this is a wishlist item.
#793295#18
Date:
2015-08-10 23:01:11 UTC
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menus are done by libxaw7 (will reassign).

By the way, this is a wishlist item.
#793295#29
Date:
2015-08-11 15:10:46 UTC
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Control: reassign -1 libxt6
libxaw7), I've noticed that other libxaw7 objects are affected and
even more. Everything solved by setting XtDefaultFont, e.g.:

XtDefaultFont: -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-*
#793295#36
Date:
2015-08-11 15:12:26 UTC
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Control: retitle -1 XtDefaultFont is too small on HiDPI screens

and setting the bug title accordingly.