NAME
run_scaled - run an X11 application upscaled or downscaled
SYNOPSIS
run_scaled [--scale=VALUE] application [application-arguments]
run_scaled [--scale=VALUE] [xpra-arguments] -- application [application-arguments]
DESCRIPTION
run_scaled uses xpra(1) to show any X11 application with arbitrary scaling applied.
EXAMPLES
- run_scaled xterm -ls
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Starts the command "xterm -ls", with the default scaling of 2.
The xterm window will be twice as big as it normally would be.
- run_scaled --scale=250% firefox
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Start firefox, upscaled by 250%.
- run_scaled --speaker=off --microphone=off -- wine notepad.exe
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Starts the command "wine notepad.exe", with audio inputs and outputs disabled (by additional Xpra arguments) and the default scaling of 2.
OPTIONS
- --scale=VALUE
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The scaling factor to apply, specified as:
- number
-
ie: 2, 1.5
- fraction
-
ie: 3/2
- percentage
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ie: 250%
If unspecified, the default value is 2.
LIMITATIONS
The scaling value is limited to the range 0.1 to 10, and even within that range, values lower than 1 may not work correctly with large displays.