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angelosn

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Registered: 2021-10-16

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MPLABX IDE HiDPI

Hello,
I just managed to install mplab from AUR and now I am trying to set it for my 4k monitor because everything is so small.
I know that mplab is based on netbeans so I searched and found this one this one.
As I understand the file I am looking for is the /opt/microchip/mplabx/v6.00/mplab_platform/etc/mplab_ide.conf which it has:

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# Default locations of userdir and cachedir:
# ([url]http://wiki.netbeans.org/FaqWhatIsUserdir[/url])
#
# On Windows ${DEFAULT_USERDIR_ROOT} will be replaced by the launcher
# with "<AppData>\***unknown variable appname***" where <AppData> is user's
# value of "AppData" key in Windows Registry under
# "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders"
# and ${DEFAULT_CACHEDIR_ROOT} will be replaced by the launcher
# with "<Local AppData>\NetBeans\Cache" where <Local AppData> is user's
# value of "Local AppData" key in Windows Registry under
# "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders"
#
# On Mac ${DEFAULT_USERDIR_ROOT} will be replaced by the launcher
# with "~/Library/Application Support/***unknown variable appname***" and
# ${DEFAULT_CACHEDIR_ROOT} with "~/Library/Caches/***unknown variable appname***"
#
# On other systems ${DEFAULT_USERDIR_ROOT} will be replaced by the launcher
# with "~/.***unknown variable appname***" and ${DEFAULT_CACHEDIR_ROOT} with "~/.cache/***unknown variable appname***"
#
# You can also use ${HOME} variable which will be replaced with
# user.home JVM system property value. This variable is valid only in
# default_userdir and default_cachedir properties.
#
# NOTE: If you specify a non-default userdir path on command line
# (--userdir option) and don't specify a cachedir path (--cachedir option),
# cachedir will be in "<userdir>/var/cache".
#

default_userdir="${DEFAULT_USERDIR_ROOT}/dev/v6.00"
default_cachedir="${DEFAULT_CACHEDIR_ROOT}/dev/v6.00/var"


# Options used by the launcher by default:
# (can be overridden by explicit command line switches)
#
# Note that default -Xmx is selected for you automatically.
# You can find these values in var/log/messages.log file in your userdir.
# The automatically selected value can be overridden by specifying -J-Xmx
# here or on the command line.
#
# If you specify the heap size explicitly, you may also want to enable
# Concurrent Mark & Sweep garbage collector.
# (see [url]http://wiki.netbeans.org/FaqGCPauses)[/url]
#
# In the following default_options line, the -J-Xmx option specifying the max heap 
# space (the max amount of memory MPLAB X can use) is not included. This is because the JRE itself will look at 
# the environment where it is being run and will select an appropriate value. This value is typically 1/4 of the 
# max amount of memory in the system. If you want to allocate a larger value for the amount of memory
# you can add -J-XmxVALUE. For example, -J-Xmx4096m will make the upper limit be 4 gigabytes.

default_options="-J-Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=on -J-Djdk.gtk.version=2 -J-Dprism.allowhidpi=false --branding mplab -J-Dcrownking.stream.verbosity=very-quiet -J-Xss2m -J-Xms256m -J-Dapple.awt.graphics.UseQuartz=true -J-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -J-XX:+CMSClassUnloadingEnabled -J-Dapt.limit.expanded.params=1000 -J-Dplugin.manager.check.interval=EVERY_STARTUP -J-Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true -J-Dorg.netbeans.modules.extbrowser.UseDesktopBrowse=true -J-Dnetbeans.importclass=org.netbeans.upgrade.AutoUpgrade"

# Default location of JDK:
# (set by installer or commented out if launcher should decide)
#
# It can be overridden on command line by using --jdkhome <dir>
# Be careful when changing jdkhome.
# There are two NetBeans launchers for Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) and
# installer points to one of those in the NetBeans application shortcut 
# based on the Java version selected at installation time.
#
jdkhome=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk/jre/

# Additional module clusters:
# using ${path.separator} (';' on Windows or ':' on Unix):
#
#extra_clusters="/absolute/path/to/cluster1:/absolute/path/to/cluster2"

I tried to set -J-Dprism.allowhidpi=false to true but nothing happens
I also added  -J-Dsun.java2d.dpiaware=true -J-Dsun.java2d.uiScale=2.5 in the options but without luck.

At the last comment last comment
It says that for linux I should use jdk 11+.
I get

$archlinux-java get
java-18-openjdk

And in the "About" of mplabx

Java: 1.8.0_345; OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 25.345-b01
Runtime: OpenJDK Runtime Environment 1.8.0_345-b01

So I have jdk 18 as I see, right?

I am not sure if I have to change something else and my googling does not return more results so I hope someone here understands it better then me!

Last edited by angelosn (2022-09-17 12:28:45)

2ManyDogs

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Registered: 2012-01-15

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Re: MPLABX IDE HiDPI

Please edit your post and use [ code ] tags (not quote tags) when posting output and config files. This makes the output easier to read and provides a scroll box for long output.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Genera … s_and_code
https://bbs.archlinux.org/help.php#bbcode

angelosn

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Registered: 2021-10-16

Posts: 15

Re: MPLABX IDE HiDPI

Sorry I missed that when I was looking for the codes! Thank you