Is there a zoom program can zoom the entire desktop and...

[gsxlm]

Is there a zoom program can zoom the entire desktop and use the mouse inside the zoomed window ?-as DesktopZoom .

[muggins]

Never having used DesktopZoom, I don't know whether Virtual magnifying glass or xzoom meet your specs. This ubuntu thread talks of an ezoom plugin for compiz. I don't know whether this is available in any of the pups that come with compiz?

Have you tried running DesktopZoom via wine?

[Bruce B]

Are you talking along the lines of having a resolution of say 1024.x768 and a screen display of like 800x600?

[gsxlm]

Are you talking along the lines of having a resolution of say 1024.x768 and a screen display of like 800x600?

Yes.I don't know how to do.

[Bruce B]

gsxlm,

What I'm about to describe is not a program, it's a panning feature.
To enable the feature you will need to be using Xorg and you will
have to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf (use an actual text editor like geany
or leafpad, not a word processor like abiword). The reason why is a
word processor can leave garbage in a configuration file, but a
pure text only editor won't.

Conventional wisdom says; make a backup copy of configuration
files, before editing them. In case you boo-boo you can revert to the
backup by renaming it to the original name.

Way down near the bottom of xorg.conf, you should find a line that
goes about like this:

modes "1024x768"

change it like this:

modes "1024x768" "800x600"

or like this:

modes "800x600" "1024x768"

-------------------------------------

You will have to restart X for the changes to take effect.

I don't recall which of the two is correct.

I'm stuck with Xvesa and can't even test for you.

I think you have about a 50% chance of getting it right the first edit
and hopefully a 100% chance on the second edit.

If it doesn't work, you know who to yell at. It's been two or three
years since I've done it and haven't tested it on recent versions.

Normally I would verify my suggestions, but in this case I can't.

But if it does work, I'd like to know, so I can update my (mental)
database.


Regards,

Bruce

PS this feature doesn't zoom, it pans, meaning you move your
mouse to see the parts of the screen not on display.

You might also see this in the conf file:

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# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> mode switching
# sequences.  This allows clients to receive these key events.

#    Option "Dont Zoom"

According to the way it's worded it indicates you can turn the
option on or off by removing or inserting the # character before the
Option "Dont Zoom"

Then initiate the zoom with the keyboard combinations listed.
I've not worked with that feature, as as I stated above, can't,
because I'm using Xvesa.

But curious as I am, I'd try and learn exactly what that feature
does in Puppy.

[gsxlm]

Bruce B

Way down near the bottom of xorg.conf, you should find a line that
goes about like this:

modes "1024x768"

change it like this:


modes "800x600" "1024x768"

Bruce B ,thank you!I am using Xorg.I change it like the above,It works well.The desktop is bigger than display. I change it like this:
modes "1024x768" "800x600",the desktop does not change.
Thank you. When I visit maps.google.com ,the maps is bigger now.

[Bruce B]

Thanks for the reply. I'll try and remember. The lesser dimension comes first.

Much appreciated.