From 67ae36f28e5339762572f6c4264960173e1713de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jehan Date: Sat, 26 May 2018 00:32:24 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] devel-docs: howto test high density. --- devel-docs/icons.txt | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/devel-docs/icons.txt b/devel-docs/icons.txt index f96b694a82..9d16d6b184 100644 --- a/devel-docs/icons.txt +++ b/devel-docs/icons.txt @@ -111,4 +111,12 @@ so, set the environment variable `GIMP_ICONS_LIKE_A_BOSS`. For instance, start GIMP like this: - GIMP_ICONS_LIKE_A_BOSS=1 gimp-2.10 + GIMP_ICONS_LIKE_A_BOSS=1 gimp-2.99 + +To test high (or low) density icons, without having to change the +scaling factor of your whole desktop, just change the `GDK_SCALE` +environment variable. +For instance, run GIMP like this to simulate a scaling factor of 2 +(every icons and text would typically double): + + GDK_SCALE=2 gimp-2.99