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MagDock-1.2 - A Screen Magnifier Dock
Posted: Thu 18 Apr 2019, 19:04
by SFR
Out of disappointment due to the lack of a decent, DE/WM agnostic screen magnifier, I wrote one myself.
It's inspired by Win XP built-in Magnifier.
The attached archive contains 32bit and 64bit PET packages (both built in Fatdog 721 rootfs), as well as source code.
Have fun &
Greetings!
Posted: Fri 26 Apr 2019, 12:17
by SFR
Changelog
Version 1.2:
- fix slightly wrong byte order while converting cursor image to pixbuf
- backward compatibility with GTK+ versions >= 2.4 && < 2.24, which don't support gtk_combo_box_text
Version 1.1:
- added 'offset' option
- new tray icon actions: Middle button (toggle cursor) and Shift+Wheel (adjust height)
- removed help from tooltip and added a help dialog
- various fixes and improvements
Version 1.0:
- initial release
Posted: Sat 27 Apr 2019, 10:40
by mfb
Hi SFR,
It's a pleasure to use your Version 1.1 with the new 'offset' option.
Thank you.
Posted: Mon 08 Jul 2019, 21:05
by Mike Walsh
Nice one, SFR. Excellent idea...
With MagDock, I've finally found a viable replacement for 'Virtual Magnifying Glass', a portable Windows app from PortableApps.com, which I've been running under WINE for some time.
When you run it, however, gKrellM temporarily 'freezes' (in fact, it's the entire X-server) until you click it off again. This one of yours, however, doesn't do that.
Brilliant! Cheers.
Mike.
Posted: Wed 10 Jul 2019, 19:53
by SFR
Thanks, guys! Glad you like it.
I built VMG once and it's quite decent, but the frozen screen during magnification was a show stopper to me, too.
The best screen magnifier is the one in Compiz, but it's tied to it, obviously...
Greetings!