Make new todo with launcher, reorg dpi scaling, remove today

[khome.git] / home / .xlaunch

diff --git a/home/.xlaunch b/home/.xlaunch
index 0cf046b..5be1cb8 100755 (executable)
--- a/home/.xlaunch
+++ b/home/.xlaunch
@@ -2,12 +2,39 @@
 
 set -e
 
+launch_then_killall() {
+    local -r program="$1"
+    local -r timeout="${2:-1}" # 2nd arg or default to 1.
+
+    "$program"&
+    sleep "$timeout"
+    killall "$program"
+}
+
+dpi_scale() {
+    # IDK what magic is at work here, but launching mate-appearance-properties
+    # does the job better than setting scaling variables.
+    # TODO Get to the bottom of how it works and replicate directly.
+    launch_then_killall 'mate-appearance-properties' 1
+
+    # GDK 3 (GTK 3)
+    # https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HiDPI#GDK_3_(GTK_3)
+    #export GDK_SCALE=2
+
+    # QT
+    # https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HiDPI#Qt_5
+    # https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/highdpi.html
+    # https://blog.qt.io/blog/2016/01/26/high-dpi-support-in-qt-5-6/
+    #export QT_SCALE_FACTOR=2  # Causes qutebrowser UI fonts to have large gaps.
+    #export QT_FONT_DPI=192  # Scales qutebrowser UI fonts as expected.
+}
 
 launch_common() {
     xbindkeys
     xscreensaver &
-    mpd --kill || true
-    mpd
+    dpi_scale&
+    #mpd --kill || true
+    #mpd
     for script in ~/.xlaunch.d/*; do
         "$script"
     done