Re: GNU DDD and hidpi

[Michael Eager]

On 12/13/23 07:57, Joe Nelson wrote:
> > I am using debian 12 and hidpi,  gnu ddd icon and text fonts are very
> > small, I have tweaked the Gtk and QT apps look normal.  Is there any
> > guide to tune DDD to look normal, I am not familiar with openmotif's
> > fonts configuration.
>
> Hi Yuan, I've had good results by switching the Motif rendering table
> [0] to use FreeType (XFT) fonts.
>
> Here's an example from my system (which happens to have the Inconsolata
> XFT font installed):
>
>         Ddd*renderTable: rt
>         Ddd*rt*fontType: FONT_IS_XFT
>         Ddd*rt*fontName: Inconsolata
>         Ddd*rt*fontSize: 8
>
> The change applies to all UI areas of the program except the data
> display window.
>
> FWIW, I also like to use a dark mode:
>
>         Ddd*XmText.background:             black
>         Ddd*XmText.foreground:             white
>         Ddd*XmTextField.background:        black
>         Ddd*XmTextField.foreground:        white
>         Ddd*XmList.background:             black
>         Ddd*XmList.foreground:             white
>         Ddd*graph_edit.background:         #333333
>         Ddd*graph_edit.edgeColor:          red
>         Ddd*graph_edit.nodeColor:          white
>         Ddd*graph_edit.gridColor:          white
>
> 0: https://www.ist.co.uk/motif/books/vol6A/ch-24.fm.html

You can change the font size in the DDD Preferences>Fonts.
Set size to 180.


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Michael Eager