Hi Dave,
I obviously need someone to point me in the right direction...maybe you will ?
Platform is :
-Kubuntu 20.04
-15.6 inches 4K display
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OpenCPN 5.6.0
Situation:
-This is the main computer setup aboard our yacht
-Been living the dream sailing around the world slowly since 2009
-Opencpn has become the main chart plotter over its years of improvement
-Free from Windows at last...Linux OS makes more sense aboard now that I have learned the ropes
Issue:
The small 4k display (15.6inches) is a great fit and
power friendly aboard. Its like having a big display...the
desktop area is huge and practical. However I have to set the Display Scale to 200% for the fonts to be big enough. This works fine with all
desktop application except for OpenCPN. Launching it with this command GDK_SCALE=1 opencpn allows for the chart area to fill in the display just fine. HOWEVER, most of OpenCPN dialog windows don't scale up which makes it almost unreadable.
Setting that I have been messing with:Settings_Option/User_Interface Window:
Enable Scaled Graphics Interface option when ticked gives mixed results. It scales but give unpredictable and unstable results...looks like a bug to me ?
User Interface Scale Factor slide has no effect on any of the dialogue windows but it does scale the drop down menu bar located on the left !
My hope is that all of this makes some sense to you and that this persisting OpenCPN issue could be address at some point in time.
Thank you for your time and consideration.