Implementing HiDpi scaling

[Uli Schlachter]

Hi

Am 14.03.24 um 16:34 schrieb fedang:
> Hello all,
> 
> I am writing a small X11 app using cairo as the drawing backend. I was 
> wondering if and how to implement
> fractional scaling to accommodate high dpi screens. After searching 
> online I found almost nothing, so here I am.
> 
> Can someone give me some pointers on what to do? I can get a scale 
> factor for the screens (depending on the size)
> but I have no idea how to actually use it in the draw code.

I'm not sure if I understand the question. You can use cairo_scale() to 
set a scale factor for all drawing. So I would say that you can just 
apply the scale factor with cairo_scale() before drawing.

Of course, this assumes that you don't use cairo_identity_matrix() or 
cairo_set_matrix() in your drawing. Instead, cairo_save() and 
cairo_restore() should be used around temporary modifications of the 
transformations.

Cheers,
Uli
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