run_scaled1
Run an x11 application upscaled or downscaled
Usage
run_scaled [--scale=VALUE]
application
[application-arguments]
run_scaled [--scale=VALUE]
[xpra-arguments]
--
application
[application-arguments]
Overview
run_scaled uses xpra(1) to show any X11 application with arbitrary scaling applied.
Examples
- run_scaled xterm -ls
-
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
-
Start firefox, upscaled by 250%.
- run_scaled --speaker=off --microphone=off -- wine notepad.exe
-
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 -
The scaling factor to apply, specified as:
number-
ie: 2, 1.5
fraction-
ie: 3/2
percentage-
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.