X-Git-Url: https://git.decadent.org.uk/gitweb/?p=videolink.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=e731c65b2b4bc26ba0760ee611c27a36889417aa;hp=fa2fdddf9828f85bb23237c50be013ded30c1175;hb=29939f2948999552a4af00560e4875b89aa8858e;hpb=4d7a55ea4a24ea85d168d639c6f95c0f2dd23dc5 diff --git a/README b/README index fa2fddd..e731c65 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ VideoLink depends on the following software: - expat 1.x - Gtkmm 2.0 - ffmpeg or mjpegtools -- Mozilla 1.7.8 or later, or XULRunner +- Mozilla 1.8 or later, or XULRunner - netpbm - Xvfb (from XFree86 or X.org) @@ -183,30 +183,18 @@ appears to be an absolute limit of 12800 menus on a DVD. Bugs ---- -Under Mozilla 1.7, VideoLink sets the assumed screen resolution to -40 dpi, which I reckon to be the average resolution of a standard -definition TV display. This should mean that text with a font size -expressed in millimetres or points will appear around the specified -size. Unfortunately this setting has a different effect under -Mozilla/XULRunner 1.8: - -Mozilla Assumed Requested Actual size -version resolution size (pixels) (inches) - (dpi) - - 1.7 default:96 20 px 20 0.5 - 1.7 default:96 36 pt 48 1.2 - 1.7 40 20 px 20 0.5 - 1.7 40 36 pt 20 0.5 - 1.8 default:96 20 px 20 0.5 - 1.8 default:96 36 pt 48 1.2 - 1.8 40 20 px 48 1.2 - 1.8 40 36 pt 48 1.2 - -From version 0.10, until I have a proper solution, VideoLink will not -set the assumed screen resolution under Mozilla 1.8. I must advise -against using font sizes in millimetres or points since they will vary -between browser versions. +VideoLink should set the assumed screen resolution to 40 dpi, which I +reckon to be the average resolution of a standard definition TV +display. This would mean that text with a font size expressed in +millimetres or points will appear around the specified size. +Earlier versions of VideoLink did this when built to use Mozilla 1.7. +Unfortunately the resolution setting in Mozilla 1.8 actually affects +measurements in pixels and not measurements in millimetres or points! +The assumed screen resolution is always 96 dpi. + +Please specify measurements such as font sizes in pixels because +measurements in millimetres or points are liable to change if and when +I can override the assumed screen resolution again. Author and copyright --------------------