RUN_SCALED(1)

💅 run_scaled — ok bestie, let's talk scaling

so there's this little icon called run_scaled and what it does is literally run an X11 application upscaled or downscaled. that's the whole vibe. it lives in the General Commands Manual, section 1, and it's about to become your new obsession. 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

run_scaled [--scale=VALUE] application [application-arguments]
run_scaled [--scale=VALUE] [xpra-arguments] -- application [application-arguments]

two whole ways to call it, pick your fighter. 🎀

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so here's the tea: run_scaled uses xpra(1) to show any X11 application with arbitrary scaling applied. any. arbitrary. we love that for us. it's giving "I want this app bigger and I refuse to explain myself." 💅

🦋 EXAMPLES 🦋

• run_scaled xterm -ls — starts the command xterm -ls, with the default scaling of 2. the xterm window will be twice as big as it normally would be. iconic, no notes. ✨
• run_scaled --scale=250% firefox — starts firefox, upscaled by 250%. main character energy, honestly. 🔥
• run_scaled --speaker=off --microphone=off -- wine notepad.exe — starts the command wine notepad.exe, with audio inputs and outputs disabled (that's from the extra Xpra arguments) and the default scaling of 2. silent but slay. 🤫

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• --scale=VALUE — the scaling factor to apply, bestie. and you can say it however you want, it's very flexible:
  • number — ie: 2, 1.5
  • fraction — ie: 3/2
  • percentage — ie: 250%

if unspecified, the default value is 2. no cap. 💖

💀 LIMITATIONS 💀

ngl, the scaling value is limited to the range 0.1 to 10. and even within that range, values lower than 1 may not work correctly with large displays. so like… stay in your lane, small numbers. 😭

fr fr, don't go below 1 on a big display and expect it to behave. it might just not. that's the warning, that's the whole warning. 🙈

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• xpra(1) — the bestie that makes all of this possible. go say hi. 💜

and that's the whole page, babe. this gem comes from the General Commands Manual, section 1 — that's the run_scaled(1) you keep seeing at the top and bottom of the original, now folded into this cute little sign-off. go scale something. ✨🎀🦋