Re: Xquartz with retina display
Re: Xquartz with retina display
- Subject: Re: Xquartz with retina display
- From: Cameron Simpson <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 09:37:12 +1100
On 16Nov2012 15:45, Dan Freed <email@hidden> wrote:
| I have a 13" MacBook Pro with the retina display and am trying to
| get x-windows going. I'm having trouble getting the sharp display,
| particularly of fonts, that I get in the native os windowing system.
| In particular, when I run emacs in the native system (using the version
| at http://emacsformacos.com) and with the command
|
| (custom-set-faces
| ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom. ;; If you edit it by hand, you
| could mess it up, so be careful. ;; Your init file should contain only one
| such instance. ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
| '(default ((t (:inherit nil :stipple nil :background "SlateBlue" :foreground
| "white" :inverse-video nil :box nil :strike-through nil :overline nil
| :underline nil :slant normal :weight normal :height 120 :width normal
| :foundry "apple" :family "Courier New")))))
|
| I get very sharp fonts. But that does not seem to work with emacs
| under X-windows. I wonder if others have a similar issue and, hopefully,
| suggested solutions.
The retina display does not, by default, present as full resolution.
Apple configure it to present with lower "pixel" resolution (what an app
sees as the screen dimensions) and uses the physically higher resolution
to dither stuff to smooth stuff out.
Maybe that is confusing X11, which has never dealt with this situation -
Apple's post render dithering may be contributing to your sharpness.
I use the SwitchResX utility:
http://www.madrau.com/download/latest/latest.html
which lets you configure your Mac to use the full native resolution of
the retina display (the physical pixel sizes, not offered by the stock
apple display options) and run my 15" retina in 2880x1800. Then X11 is
free to render accurately.
Maybe this will help you.
Cheers,
--
Your modesty is typically human, so I will overlook it. - a Klingon
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