Feature Request: Add option to change the size of the numbers about gluqlo

[nshopik]

Its already possible with -s to set custom scale factor its just not exposed in xscreensaver menu

[dcharles]

I got an error when I attempted to use the -s flag:

Invalid option -- -s

When I use the --help flag, there is no -s option listed.

However, I do see there are -w and -h flags available for width and height. They don't seem to be working, though. Could you provide an example usage of these flags? I tried -w 0.5 (which would work if the expected value was a percent -- e.g., 0.5 = 50%), as well as -w 500 (which would work if the expected value was in pixels) and -w 500px, but none of those worked.

[nshopik]

./gluqlo -s 0.5 Works just fine for me with 50% scale, you sure you running master branch? Maybe you are running noflipqlo? where no scale option exist and width and height option are broken

./gluqlo -w 100 -h 100 Will draw 100x100 pixel square

Usage: ./gluqlo [OPTION...]
Options:
  -help         Display this
  -root, -f     Fullscreen
  -ampm         Use 12-hour clock format (AM/PM)
  -w            Custom width
  -h            Custom height
  -r            Custom resolution in WxH format
  -s            Custom display scale factor

[dcharles]

Maybe you are running noflipqlo

I don't believe so. The program is called "gluqlo." When I navigate to /usr/lib/xscreensaver, I can run the same command you do, but get an error:

./gluqlo -s 0.5
Invalid option -- -s
Try --help for more information.

When I use the "help" option, this is the output:

Usage: ./gluqlo [OPTION...]
Options:
  -help		Display this
  -root, -f	Fullscreen
  -ampm		Use 12-hour clock format (AM/PM)
  -w		Custom width
  -h		Custom height
  -r		Custom resolution in WxH format

you sure you running master branch?

I'm not sure how to check that. It's been a couple weeks, but as far as I remember, the way I installed gluqlo was with the commands under "Installing from PPA" on this page: https://github.com/alexanderk23/gluqlo (This is not correct; see next comment)

Given that the "help" printout is different, I suspect my version is different from yours. Is it easy to remove my copy and acquire yours?

[dcharles]

I made a mistake in my previous comment. Following this page's suggestion, I can see from my browser history that I downloaded the following files files from this page:

gluqlo_1.1-1ubuntu2~xenial1.debian.tar.gz
gluqlo_1.1-1ubuntu2~xenial1_amd64.deb

However, I forget the steps that I followed to set everything up.

I forgot to point out, I am using Debian 9.1 Cinnamon 64-bit.

[dcharles]

Sorry for so many comments. One more thing:

When I attempt to follow the instructions for adding from the ppa, I get an error on the first command:

~ $ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:alexanderk23/ppa
 Gluqlo: Fliqlo for Linux
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~alexanderk23/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

gpg: keybox '/tmp/tmpubbasiyt/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: /tmp/tmpubbasiyt/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 09A81D61A4057D79: public key "Launchpad PPA for Alexander Kovalenko" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
Exception in thread Thread-1:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/threading.py", line 914, in _bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/threading.py", line 862, in run
    self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 688, in addkey_func
    func(**kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 386, in add_key
    return apsk.add_ppa_signing_key()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 273, in add_ppa_signing_key
    cleanup(tmp_keyring_dir)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 234, in cleanup
    shutil.rmtree(tmp_keyring_dir)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/shutil.py", line 480, in rmtree
    _rmtree_safe_fd(fd, path, onerror)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/shutil.py", line 438, in _rmtree_safe_fd
    onerror(os.unlink, fullname, sys.exc_info())
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/shutil.py", line 436, in _rmtree_safe_fd
    os.unlink(name, dir_fd=topfd)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'S.gpg-agent.browser'

This might be related to me running Debian rather than Ubuntu.

[nshopik]

@alexanderk23 is maintainer of these PPA, but I suggest just build from source and problem will be solved. As scaling was available for while.

[dcharles]

You are correct: I downloaded the source from Github and followed the instructions in README.md, and it installed flawlessly. And now resizing works. Thank you!