[Pkg-lyx-devel] Bug#316535: Screen DPI

[Per Olofsson]

Silas S. Brown:
> Per Olofsson writes:
> > The Screen DPI setting should probably be removed from
> > Preferences. LyX should always use the DPI given by X.
> 
> That would make the problem worse.  What I
> actually want to do is get LyX to use my 20-pixel
> font for its on-screen text.  This is because the
> 20-pixel font is the most readable for me.  The
> pixel size is worked out by
> 
> screen DPI * zoom setting / 720
> 
> but only integer zoom settings are allowed, so
> if the screen DPI is not a divisor of 720*20
> then it's not possible to find a good zoom setting.
> Therefore, it's best if we can control the
> screen DPI from inside LyX, or else make it
> possible to have non-integer zoom settings or
> to choose pixel sizes directly.

Oh, I see. Thanks for your clarification.

-- 
Pelle