From: Yong Bakos <[email protected]> Add explanations of scaling that are a bit more approachable for users.
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94824 Signed-off-by: Yong Bakos <[email protected]> --- man/weston.ini.man | 17 +++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/weston.ini.man b/man/weston.ini.man index 8cdc837..6fbeaf0 100644 --- a/man/weston.ini.man +++ b/man/weston.ini.man @@ -389,15 +389,20 @@ be one of the following 8 strings: .RE .TP 7 .BI "scale=" factor -An integer, 1 by default, typically configured as 2 when needed, denoting -the scale factor of the output. Applications that support it render at the -appropriate scale. For other applications, weston will scale their output -by this factor. +The scaling multiplier applied to the entire output, in support of high +resolution ("HiDPI" or "retina") displays. Applications that do not support high +resolution displays typically appear tiny and unreadable. Weston will scale the +output of such applications by this multiplier, to make them readable. +Applications that do support their own output scaling can draw their content in +high resolution, in which case they avoid compositor scaling. Weston will not +scale the output of such applications, and they are not affected by this +multiplier. .RE .RS .PP -Use a value of 2 for outputs with high resolution. Such displays are often -called "HiDPI" or "retina" displays. +An integer, 1 by default, typically configured as 2 or higher when needed, +denoting the scale factor of the output. This scale factor corresponds with +the pixel density of the display. .RE .TP 7 .BI "seat=" name -- 2.7.2 _______________________________________________ wayland-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/wayland-devel
