[How To] Tweaking Puppy for Poor Eyesight.

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[How To] Tweaking Puppy for Poor Eyesight.

#1 Post by ETP »

Screen Resolution:

Whilst selecting say 640x480 will result in large text & icons it will not provide the best clarity. The best approach is to begin by selecting the highest resolution that your particular graphics card & screen will support and then to make suitable adjustments.
Initially this first step will make everything too small but things will get better very quickly.

Basic Tweaks:

Some of these are interdependent and the golden rule is to make only small adjustments to begin with and then refine them to suit your needs by making further small adjustments. I have suggested some safe starting points which should work with resolutions from 1280x1024 to 1920x1080.

Try the following (in order):

1. Select "no shadow" in Rox options (leave the font as you find it for now)

2. In desktop "select global font size" increase by no more than 2 buttons. (Start point = 96)

3. If using LCD load the Fontwizard.pet, run, select all tick boxes then restart X.

http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis ... wizard.pet

4. Back in Rox options pinboard, increase font size by one or two points (Start point = DejaVu Sans 12pt BOLD)

5. In desktop/GTK theme chooser, increase the font size.
(Click on font & increase point size) (Start point = Sans 13)

6. May need to then tweak 2, 4 and 5.

Desktop Tweaks:

Icons
Select a desktop icon theme that you find to be both clear and legible. You may find that a simple dark coloured background is better than artistic wallpaper:

Example:
(faenza_lrx_new.pet by 522256741 & big_bass)

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 1ac8bcca14

Image
Cursors:
A larger or more distinctive cursor may help. Load a pack before selecting from the desktop menu.

http://ftp.nluug.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/di ... -Lucid.pet

JWM Themes:
There are many icon packs & theme packs to be found in the “Eye Candy
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#2 Post by charlie6 »

Hi ETP,
...joining the Poor-Eyesight- :shock: -Club... :wink:
...discovered now...i've much appreciated your thread ...thanks a lot !

about large cursor: I love this one (big_cursor-3.8.pet at bottom of the following thread):
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=78408
it needs less memory ressources than Cursor_themes-1-Lucid.pet

hth
Charlie

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#3 Post by rcrsn51 »

I particularly dislike geany as the default text editor. I prefer leafpad with the font set to Monospace Bold in a larger size.

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#4 Post by ETP »

@charlie6

Pleased the thread has been of use and thanks for the big_cursor link.

Another thread which I should have linked this one to follows:

"How to give ANY Pup a 10 foot user interface. (Magoo-MK7)"
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 005#664005

The MK129 pet can be used in pretty much any Pup & there are the full Pups:-
Magoo V5 & Magoo V6. (Links in the above thread)

@rcrsn51
Entirely agree and do the same.
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