Re: HiDPI in Terminal.app

[Fred Kiefer]

> Am 20.07.2017 um 09:37 schrieb Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mottola@libero.it>:
> 
> Hi Fred,
> 
> 
> Fred Kiefer wrote:
>> Thank you for your patch. I am sure it works but it does not address the 
>> underlying issue. The real problem is that DPSshow ignores the current 
>> transformation of the window and sets a mirrored identity matrix as the 
>> transformation. This works well in some cases but is clearly wrong. We 
>> should move ll application code away from this out dated interface. And I 
>> will have to find a way to fix the behaviour, while keeping at least some of 
>> the differences that DPSshow has to the regular text display code, e.g. not 
>> respecting any rotations.
> 
> do you mean that DPSShow() is broken and you might fix it, but in long run we 
> should rewrite TerminalView (and many other applications) not to youse DP 
> functions?

Ye, exactly.

> Sounds a challenge for us, I'll seek your help.

Actually no, it should be a rather simple change but I am willing to help with 
it.

> Maybe the best would be to make a minor release of Terminal before doing such 
> a major change.

Yes one before the change and another one on the next day after the change :-)