On Mon, 24 Nov 2014 18:34:15 +0100 Davide Andreoli <[email protected]> said:
> 2014-11-24 7:24 GMT+01:00 Carsten Haitzler <[email protected]>: > > > On Mon, 24 Nov 2014 14:43:19 +1100 Daniel Kasak <[email protected]> > > said: > > > > > Greetings. > > > > > > Now that everything is composited, would I be crazy to ask for the > > ability > > > to scale windows? Use cases: > > > > > > 1) I like playing wizball ( C64 game ) with my son. People around my age > > > might remember it. Some genius wrote a Windows version that works > > perfectly > > > in wine. But it runs at around 648x480. I'd prefer to not have to change > > my > > > desktop to be 640x480 to be able to play it nicely. > > > > > > 2) Some people have tiny monitors, and my fat-arsed apps don't fit on > > their > > > screen. It would be good if they could 'zoom out' to see the whole window > > > at once. > > > > > > 3) Similar to above - dealing with projectors that only run at 1024x768, > > > etc. > > > > > > I guess there are challenges with things like mouse inputs, that would > > also > > > have to be 'scaled' appropriately. But it would be ultra-cool :) > > > > > > Maybe it would be easier to implement just scaling the entire display at > > > once? I'd be happy with that at this point ... eg hit some key and spin > > the > > > mouse wheel to zoom into whatever I'm pointing at. > > > > this isn't possible in x11 due to not being able to redirect/intercept > > input. > > input is 1:1 to where the window is and goes directly from x1 to client. > > wm is > > not involved at all. in a wayland world, this is possible, but not in x11. > > > > you sure? I remember a zoom plugin for compiz (zoom the whole desktop) > > and here a video of it :) > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3usPs53xrpc there *WAS* an extension called xevie that allowed input redirection. it has been dropped quite a while ago from xorg. -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
