Easy way to specify dpi

[Luc_j_Bourhis@…]

The following patch of startx would do

/usr/X11/bin> diff -u ~/Desktop/startx.orig startx --- startx.orig 2008-11-27 15:03:07.000000000 +0100 +++ startx 2008-11-28 00:08:11.000000000 +0100 @@ -109,6 +109,11 @@

defaultserverargs="$defaultserverargs -nolisten tcp"

fi

+user_defined_dpi=defaults read org.x.X11 dpi +if [ xperl -e "print $user_defined_dpi =~ /^\d+$/" = x1 ] ; then + defaultserverargs="$defaultserverargs -dpi $user_defined_dpi" +fi +

for ((d=0; ; d++)) ; do

-e /tmp/.X$d-lock ?

break

done

[Luc_j_Bourhis@…]

/usr/X11/bin> diff -u ~/Desktop/startx.orig startx --- /Users/luc/Desktop/startx.orig 2008-11-27 15:03:07.000000000 +0100 +++ startx 2008-11-28 00:08:11.000000000 +0100 @@ -109,6 +109,11 @@

defaultserverargs="$defaultserverargs -nolisten tcp"

fi oops! sorry, the eol did not make it. Another try:

+user_defined_dpi=defaults read org.x.X11 dpi +if [ xperl -e "print $user_defined_dpi =~ /^\d+$/" = x1 ] ; then + defaultserverargs="$defaultserverargs -dpi $user_defined_dpi" +fi +

for ((d=0; ; d++)) ; do

-e /tmp/.X$d-lock ?

break

done

[Luc_j_Bourhis@…]

Got it right this time! Sorry again…

/usr/X11/bin> diff -u ~/Desktop/startx.orig startx 
--- /Users/luc/Desktop/startx.orig	2008-11-27 15:03:07.000000000 +0100
+++ startx	2008-11-28 00:08:11.000000000 +0100
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@
     defaultserverargs="$defaultserverargs -nolisten tcp"
 fi
 
+user_defined_dpi=`defaults read org.x.X11 dpi`
+if [ x`perl -e "print $user_defined_dpi =~ /^\d+$/"` = x1 ] ; then
+    defaultserverargs="$defaultserverargs -dpi $user_defined_dpi"
+fi
+
 for ((d=0; ; d++)) ; do
     [[ -e /tmp/.X$d-lock ]] || break
 done

[jeremyhu@…]

Yeah, I'd rather not do that... I'd rather fix up the whole display issue to use the actual DPI from the display... so dupeing this since that's already an issue.