<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-gs" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;width:974px;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><div class="gmail-"><div id="gmail-:6j7c" class="gmail-ii gmail-gt" style="font-size:0.875rem;direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px"><div id="gmail-:6ixd" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aiL" style="overflow:hidden;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr"><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">[reposting because this list has a limit of 100 KB per message that I was not aware of – I made the screenshot smaller now, hopefully it will get through]</span><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr">On Sat, Jul 31, 2021 at 3:50 AM Gerald Klix <<a href="mailto:cuis.01@klix.ch" target="_blank">cuis.01@klix.ch</a>> wrote:<br></div></span><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi Vanessa,<br><br>On 7/31/21 5:40 AM, Vanessa Freudenberg via Cuis-dev wrote:<br>> You can see the text on the left has much<br>> finer details than in Cuis. Is there maybe a VM option I need to tweek to<br>> get the full resolution?<br>I have neither a working Mac, nor one with a Retina Display available,<br>but I think Juan as posted a solution:<br><a href="https://lists.cuis.st/mailman/archives/cuis-dev/2021-March/002861.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.cuis.st/mailman/archives/cuis-dev/2021-March/002861.html</a><br></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>Ah, that would change the whole system – I want a VM that uses "high-DPI" mode.</div><div><br></div><div>Actually now I remember that Tobias Pape built one a while ago. Lo and behold, it works:</div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_krs24xru0" alt="hires-vm.png" width="292" height="414"><br></div><div> </div><div>On top is the latest Cuis VM from dropbox.</div><div><br></div><div>Below is a VM with high dpi enabled. You can easily see that the VM below uses full retina resolution, whereas the standard VM duplicates pixels by a factor of 2, making everything blurry.</div><div><br></div><div>Of course that VM does not have the Vector plugin so everything is very very slow. But gorgeous 😍</div><div><br></div><div>So ... this is the experimental VM:</div><div><a href="https://github.com/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm/files/2999560/Squeak64_201706232142-highdpi-v2.app.zip" target="_blank">https://github.com/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm/files/2999560/Squeak64_201706232142-highdpi-v2.app.zip</a><br></div><div><div><br></div></div><div>Try it if you have a Retina Mac! Smalltalk never looked so good before! 💜</div><div><br></div><div>This is the ticket where I found that VM: </div><div><a href="https://github.com/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm/issues/378" target="_blank">https://github.com/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm/issues/378</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>... but it was closed because it was deemed "too hard to get right" 😟</div><div><br></div><div>Maybe someone could take another run at the fence? All the vector graphics gorgeousness only really comes out at full resolution. Or maybe there has been some vm development I don't know about?</div><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>Vanessa</div></font></div></div><div class="gmail-yj6qo"></div><div class="gmail-adL"></div></div></div><div class="gmail-hi" style="border-bottom-left-radius:1px;border-bottom-right-radius:1px;padding:0px;width:auto;background:rgb(242,242,242);margin:0px"></div></div></div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jul 31, 2021 at 3:50 AM Gerald Klix <<a href="mailto:cuis.01@klix.ch">cuis.01@klix.ch</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi Vanessa,<br>
<br>
On 7/31/21 5:40 AM, Vanessa Freudenberg via Cuis-dev wrote:<br>
> Hi all,<br>
> <br>
> I just subscribed to this list. I'm a beginner with Cuis, but do know<br>
> Smalltalk quite well.<br>
That's THE understatement of this year! ;»]<br>
Cuis still inherited (at least) 19 methods from Squeak authored by you.<br>
> <br>
> Primarily I wanted to try the cool graphics. So I downloaded the special VM<br>
> from dropbox.<br>
> <br>
> And I found these instructions:<br>
> <br>
> <a href="https://github.com/Cuis-Smalltalk/Cuis-Smalltalk-Dev/blob/master/Documentation/VectorGraphicsAndMorphic3.md" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/Cuis-Smalltalk/Cuis-Smalltalk-Dev/blob/master/Documentation/VectorGraphicsAndMorphic3.md</a><br>
It's enough to select a TrueType font as system font (provided you have<br>
them in directory named 'TrueTypeFonts' just beneath your image path).<br>
The whole vector graphics stuff is loaded automatically in this case.<br>
> <br>
> Many menu items don't match that document but I could find my way around. I<br>
> think I loaded everything correctly but the screen is still blurry — I am<br>
> on a Retina display Mac and it looks like the VM is rendering 2x2 pixels<br>
> for every screen pixel.<br>
> <br>
> Attaching a screenshot below. You can see the text on the left has much<br>
> finer details than in Cuis. Is there maybe a VM option I need to tweek to<br>
> get the full resolution?<br>
I have neither a working Mac, nor one with a Retina Display available,<br>
but I think Juan as posted a solution:<br>
<a href="https://lists.cuis.st/mailman/archives/cuis-dev/2021-March/002861.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.cuis.st/mailman/archives/cuis-dev/2021-March/002861.html</a><br>
> <br>
> Thank you!<br>
> Vanessa<br>
> <br>
> [image: image.png]<br>
> <br>
> <br>
<br>
HTH,<br>
<br>
Gerald<br>
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