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How do I arbitrarily zoom in i3? [closed]

asked Apr 23 '14

platz gravatar image

If I'm giving a presentation, it might be nice to be able to zoom on any part of the screen.

I found the xzoom tool but it's a far cry below zooming tools in other windowing systems (it runs in a separate window, and doesn't "fix/interpolate" the resolution - creating blocky graphics).

Is there something that zooms the whole screen?

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answered Apr 25 '14

You could use kmag from KDE. It also runs in a separate window, but will magnify what's under your mouse cursor. IMHO, this is more useful in a tiled window environment that the magnifier that's built into Gnome/Unity.

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answered Apr 25 '14

KJ44 gravatar image

You could export your presentation as PDF, use Google Chrome in fullscreen mode to render, and use Chrome's zoom feature.

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This is true; I think I had in mind a use case that involved more interactive content, such as a demo, however.

platz gravatar imageplatz (Apr 25 '14)edit
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My i3wm desktop runs under Virtualbox so I can't try this, but it might provide some insights: http://askubuntu.com/questions/379123/can-i-zoom-out-windows-or-scale-the-whole-desktop

KJ44 gravatar imageKJ44 (Apr 28 '14)edit

That might actually be a workable option! Thanks.

platz gravatar imageplatz (Apr 29 '14)edit

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