Re: Certain font sizes can't be configured permanently

[Volker Wysk <post volker-wysk de>]

Am Sonntag, den 13.09.2020, 13:26 +0100 schrieb Tony Houghton:
> I was a bit worried you might need to include a delay and/or change
> the setting more than once, but I didn't know how adept you were so I
> tried keeping it simple at first. I'm pleased you managed to figure
> out a solution when it didn't work first time.

Well, I'm a long term Linux user, but I'm relatively new to Gnome. (I
used KDE before). 

Cheers,
Volker

> On Sun, 13 Sep 2020 at 10:31, Volker Wysk <post volker-wysk de>
> wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > Am Samstag, den 12.09.2020, 19:10 +0100 schrieb Tony Houghton:
> > > There's something you could try, but it's more of a sticking
> > plaster
> > > or workaround than a proper fix. Create a file
> > > ~/.config/autostart/scaling.desktop containing:
> > >
> > > [Desktop Entry]
> > > Type=Application
> > > Exec=gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface text-scaling-
> > factor
> > > 1.6
> > > Hidden=false
> > > X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true
> > > Name=Fix Scaling
> > > Comment=Set text scaling factor to 1.6
> > >
> > > I haven't tested that, but hopefully it will work for you, or you
> > > will be able to fix it if there's something wrong. For more
> > > information, lookup "XDG autostart".
> >
> > I've been able to tinker it, with your help. I've adjusted the
> > scaling.desktop file to start a script instead of calling
> > gsettings.
> > This is necessary because several commands are needed:
> >
> > #! /bin/bash
> > sleep 1
> > gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface text-scaling-factor 1.61
> > gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface text-scaling-factor 1.6
> >
> > All of them are necessary. Or so it seems.
> >
> > Now it - somehow - works. :-)
> >
> > Thanks for your help!
> >
> > Volker

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