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X11 HiDPI scaling algorithm is broken #169

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C - in progressImplementation is proceeding smoothlyD - hardLikely harder than most tasks hereDS - x11Affects the X11 backend, or generally free Unix platformsP - highVital to haveS - platform parityUnintended platform differences
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opened on May 7, 2017

As a well-known fact, X11 locks the DPI to 96 and the current code gets incorrect screen size, resulting in the scale factor always being 1.

The defacto standard is to use Xft.dpi to get font DPI.

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