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The standard has been ~100 DPI, so a 200 DPI display should by default get 200 % scaling with no extra configuration needed.
by formerly_proven 6y ago
The standard has been ~100 DPI, so a 200 DPI display should by default get 200 % scaling with no extra configuration needed.
- Athas 6y agoI'd rather just have the configuration file be simple and well documented and let me make the decision. My monitor running at maximum resolution is about 163 DPI, so an automated system could guess both ways. 200% scaling works well for me, and it's a single line of configuration, done once, and I don't have to worry about heuristics changing behind my back.
- rleigh 6y agoThe "standard" for anything today should be the physical display size divided by the pixel count to give the exact resolution for X and Y in DPI. Scaling should be relative to that physically correct resolution. We've inherited a lot of baggage and odd conventions, some of which were wrong to begin with. I don't think we should be carrying on with it if we can do better. Having these scaling factors directly correspond to physical reality would be a start.