On 4/26/08, Lei Zhang <thestig@google.com> wrote:
On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Lei Zhang <thestig@google.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 5:59 AM, Alexandre Julliard <julliard@winehq.org> wrote:
>  > Module: wine
>  >  Branch: master
>  >  Commit: faaccca59be08be547ec4e1948b6306eff3808a2
>  >  URL:    http://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git/?a=commit;h=faaccca59be08be547ec4e1948b6306eff3808a2
>  >
>  >  Author: Dan Kegel <dank@kegel.com>
>  >  Date:   Tue Apr 22 17:56:36 2008 -0700
>  >
>  >  winecfg: Restrict dpi slider to sane values.
>  >
>  >  ---
>  >
>  >   programs/winecfg/x11drvdlg.c |    4 ++--
>  >   1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>  >
>  >  diff --git a/programs/winecfg/x11drvdlg.c b/programs/winecfg/x11drvdlg.c
>  >  index bfa6ec5..c0ec058 100644
>  >  --- a/programs/winecfg/x11drvdlg.c
>  >  +++ b/programs/winecfg/x11drvdlg.c
>  >  @@ -35,9 +35,9 @@
>  >
>  >   WINE_DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(winecfg);
>  >
>  >  -#define RES_MAXLEN 5 /* the maximum number of characters in a screen dimension. 5 digits should be plenty, what kind of crazy person runs their screen >10,000 pixels across? */
>  >  +#define RES_MAXLEN 5 /* max number of digits in a screen dimension. 5 digits should be plenty */
>  >   #define MINDPI 96
>  >  -#define MAXDPI 480
>  >  +#define MAXDPI 144     /* making this too high surprises and hurts users */
>  >   #define DEFDPI 96
>  >
>  >   #define IDT_DPIEDIT 0x1234
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>
>  Dan, this basically reverted commit
>  0110512904d9c646abef416819a057c06d3f2c97, which bumped MAXDPI from 160
>  to 480 because some users specifically requested the ability for
>  higher DPI settings.
>
>  I think we need to decide what we want and stop the tug-o-war.
>


Please see bug 9715.


The change was specifically requested. A warning if someone sets it over 150, or a small explanation in winecfg would be better IMHO.