[LAU] Is there a minimum screen resolution for Ardour?

[david]

On 01/15/2014 02:40 AM, Simon Wise wrote:
> On 15/01/14 21:49, Robin Gareus wrote:
>> On 01/15/2014 08:54 AM, david wrote:
>>> Just wondering. Haven't looked at it for awhile. The Ardour site doesn't
>>> say.
>>
>> There is. http://ardour.org/news/3.5.older.html has a note.
>>
>> Set the environment variable ARDOUR_LOVES_STUPID_TINY_SCREENS
>> and it will start and show various things even on netbook/tablet-sized
>> screens with a height<  700px.
>>
>>
>> OT this morning on #ardour:
>>>   5120 x 1440 is a lot of pixels. Just so you're all aware.
>>>   With Ardour, I think I could still use one more 2560x1440 monitor.
>>>   But this is... approaching adequate.
>
> ardour2 main window is 1250 wide minimum without tweaks, an old ardour3
> build is 1280 minimum, again without any tweaks. A small session is
> usable on a 1280x800 laptop ... specially if you use your window manager
> and have various windows laid out on three workspaces with a keyboard
> shortcuts to switch. But more space is much better.

Thanks, Simon and Robin! I have a friend who loves netbooks and thinks 
1280x600 is just fine... My new laptop is 1920x1080, so I don't think I 
need to worry about setting the perfectly-named environment variable!

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