LO calc 7.2 worked pretty well on my system, with 1024x768 resolution. 25.8 has dropped support for that resolution so some windows are partially off screen. From my viewpoint this was a fix that broke a working utility, My monitor will work t higher resolutions but switching makes windows and text basically unusable. Does anyone what it takes to make 1280x960 look like 1024x768?
Thanks,
Mike
I had little luck with 1280x960 but when trying 1280x1024 which X really didn’t like, freezing the system and forcing reboot it said it liked 1920x1080.
Playing with it a bit I found this
’ xrandr --output HDMI-1 --mode 1920x1080 --pos 0x0 --scale .5333x.7111 ;’
to give be much the same display in 1920x1080 as I’m used to seeing.
I put that statement in ~/.xinitrc and in launches X without any new complaints.
Mike
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It seems your question is not really about Calc, but on Linux/NetBSD/*X running x11 (not Wayland). I’ll try to sdapt your tags.
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Maybe another option would be to use virtual screens as in the thread below. But I have not looked into this for years. My last “low-res” display was an Atom-powered Netbook running Win xp…
And thank you very much for sharing your solution here.
I beg to differ, from my view point this is definately a LibreOffice issue.
They have decided to drop an X11 mode since they don’t use it while ignoring the fact that others do.
It’s not the first time, see these:
https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/lo-5-3-has-abandoned-1024x600-screen-resolution/23536
https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/how-do-i-adjust-the-resolution-of-my-libre-screen-so-it-fits-the-laptop-screen-size-in-other-words-it-is-impossible-to-view-the-entire-page/17125.
BTW, I had to back out of putting the xrandr statement in .xinitrc since the higher resolution was really sluggish. Uncovering a Midnight Commander window watching it scroll down line by line as it repainted was only amusing the first couple of times.
xrandr lists two modes higher than 1280x800 that are 4:3 with a refresh rate of 60 which I’m told is the new minimum supported by LO.
1920x1080 which as I said is sluggish and 1280x960 which I’ve failed to make work.
After trying a few random scalings with no luck finding a working solution I scripted this:
modeTest() {
for X in .7 .8 .9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 ; do
for Y in .7 .8 .85 ; do
xrandr --output HDMI-1 --mode 1280x960 --scale $Xx$Y; echo X=$X Y=$Y;
sleep 5;
done;
done;
}Changes in X shift the bottom of the display but not the top which is always off screen.
Y scale .8 seems to be the widest and comes no where near filling the display.
Unless and until I can find a way to use 1280x960 mode it seems my best bet is to put a wrapper around LibreOffice switching to mode 1920x1080 so that Tools/Options or setting cell format stays on screen then back down to mode 1024x768 for use by the rest of the system when LibreOffice apps close.
Not a very pretty solution is it but I’m better off than the guys setting up tablets or laptops.
Should count my blessings.
The only other option I can think of at the moment is to search back through the LO changes and see if the version before LO dropped 1024x768 has fixed the window resizing problem that led me to upgrade in the first place.
Be well,
Mike