7 Apr
2017
7 Apr
'17
8:48 p.m.
Jan Kleks composed on 2017-04-07 22:01 (UTC+0200):
2017-04-07 6:03 GMT+02:00 Felix Miata composed:
> Konq's KHTML is the only remaining web browser
engine capable of rendering
> physical sizes specified by legacy CSS accurately. The physical CSS units
> cm, mm, in, etc. were changed in the CSS3 specification to be logical
> sizes. When a display's physical density is matched to logical density by
> the server, Konq displays physical units accurately at their actual
> physical sizes. With other web browsers, this is only possible if the
> physical display density is 96 DPI (uncommon to say the least) and the
> server's default logical density of 96 DPI is retained.
> Recent Gecko browsers do have the capability of
rendering at accurate
> physical sizes when physical and logical density match, but only by using
> proprietary CSS which doesn't exist in legacy CSS.
> http://fm.no-ip.com/Auth/dpi-screen-window.html is
a simple means to
> confirm the foregoing.
So maybe the old KHTML engine could be transformed
into the "legacy mode"?
Maybe do as Konq 4 & 5 do, make it switchable.
Konq 4 offers KHTML and WebKit.
Konq 5 offers KHTML and (QT's) WebEnginePart (aka Blink, aka WebKit fork used by
Chromium). http://fm.no-ip.com/SS/KDE/konq5Engines.jpg
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