Re: [9front] [PATCH] vncv: implement autoscaling with -a flag

[unobe@cpan.org]

Thanks for committing, Igor.

Quoth igor@9lab.org:
> Quoth Romano <unobe@cpan.org>:
> > for large remote framebuffers, only the upper left-hand corner
> > of the screen is ever visible. Autoscaling, while slow, at least
> > makes all the screen visible. There is a noticeable lag while the
> > scaling occurs, but vncv as-is isn't a paragon of speed. While in
> > the code, update documentation for this feature.
> […]
> 
> Thanks!  I tested it connecting to OSX Sonoma and indeed, with
> autoscaling the full screen is visible for large remote frame buffers.
> 
> Without autoscaling only the upper left-hand corner is visible.
> 
> Apart from some tweaks to your man page modifications (see attached
> patch) the diff looks good to me.
> 
> With the option to enable autoscaling the task of reducing the
> resolution on the remote machine in case it is too large for the local
> window is much simplified.
> 
> Unless there is any objection I would like to merge the attached patch
> aimed at improving usability of vncv by the end of this week.
> 
> Please let me know if you disagree.
> 
> Cheers,
> Igor
>