Scale by a factor of two?

[Felix E. Klee]

On a high DPI screen, I want to make [Xfig][1] usable by scaling it.
Unscaled it is tiny! One approach could be to run it in a VNC server.
Then set up scaling either server-side, or on the client.

Platform: Linux / X11 (client and server on the same machine!)

*Can TigerVNC scale? Suggestions?*

What I tried so far is client-side scaling:

* Connected with the Windows TightVNC viewer, and specified scaling.
This works, but - well - it's Windows. We need Linux.

* Connected with the viewer that comes with [gtk-vnc][2]. Scaling
works by dragging the window corners. However:

1. It doesn’t seem to be possible to specify a scaling factor of
exactly two. Possible workaround: Give the window a precise size
by using the window manager (FVWM), or by setting `-geometry`.

2. I want a viewer that has no UI, and I didn’t find an option to
disable the menu bar.

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xfig
[2]: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/gtk-vnc

[Brian Hinz]

On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 4:51 PM, Felix E. Klee wrote:

On a high DPI screen, I want to make [Xfig][1] usable by scaling it.
Unscaled it is tiny! One approach could be to run it in a VNC server.
Then set up scaling either server-side, or on the client.

Platform: Linux / X11 (client and server on the same machine!)

The TigerVNC java client can scale and does not have a menu bar.

HTH,

-brian 

[Felix E. Klee]

On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 2:56 AM, Brian Hinz
<bph...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> The TigerVNC java client can scale and does not have a menu bar.

Java... I'm looking for a light weight solution, may need to run a
bunch of these on a normal PC system.

Anyhow, is it possible to specify a fixed scale factor?

[Felix E. Klee]

On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 9:46 AM, DRC <dcomm...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> If you are running Windows clients

No. Quote from my initial post: "Platform: Linux / X11 (client and

server on the same machine!)"

I'd also be happy with a server that can do scaling.

[Brian Hinz]

On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 4:36 AM, Felix E. Klee wrote:

On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 2:56 AM, Brian Hinz wrote:
> The TigerVNC java client can scale and does not have a menu bar.

Java... I'm looking for a light weight solution, may need to run a
bunch of these on a normal PC system.

Yeah, I guess your requirements will dictate whether or not it's an acceptable solution, but it's a option. 

Anyhow, is it possible to specify a fixed scale factor?

Yes, it can scale by an arbitrary factor.  There are preset values selectable in the options dialog (200%, 300%, etc.) but it's a editable combo box so you can whatever value you want in the gui or from the command line with the -ScaleFactor option.

-brian