Re: Xquartz with retina display
Re: Xquartz with retina display
- Subject: Re: Xquartz with retina display
- From: Dan Freed <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:05:38 -0600
Cameron, yes that does seem to solve the problem very nicely. Thank you for your quick and helpful response.
On Nov 16, 2012, at 4:37 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> 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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