+void
+set_pango_fontsize ()
+{
+ long val = ARDOUR::Config->get_font_scale();
+
+ /* FT2 rendering - used by GnomeCanvas, sigh */
+
+ pango_ft2_font_map_set_resolution ((PangoFT2FontMap*) pango_ft2_font_map_for_display(), val/1024, val/1024);
+
+ /* Cairo rendering, in case there is any */
+
+ pango_cairo_font_map_set_resolution ((PangoCairoFontMap*) pango_cairo_font_map_get_default(), val/1024);
+}
+
+void
+reset_dpi ()
+{
+ long val = ARDOUR::Config->get_font_scale();
+ set_pango_fontsize ();
+ /* Xft rendering */
+
+ gtk_settings_set_long_property (gtk_settings_get_default(),
+ "gtk-xft-dpi", val, "ardour");
+ DPIReset();//Emit Signal
+}
+
+void
+resize_window_to_proportion_of_monitor (Gtk::Window* window, int max_width, int max_height)
+{
+ Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::Screen> screen = window->get_screen ();
+ Gdk::Rectangle monitor_rect;
+ screen->get_monitor_geometry (0, monitor_rect);
+
+ int const w = std::min (int (monitor_rect.get_width() * 0.8), max_width);
+ int const h = std::min (int (monitor_rect.get_height() * 0.8), max_height);
+
+ window->resize (w, h);
+}
+
+
+/** Replace _ with __ in a string; for use with menu item text to make underscores displayed correctly */
+string
+escape_underscores (string const & s)
+{
+ string o;
+ string::size_type const N = s.length ();
+
+ for (string::size_type i = 0; i < N; ++i) {
+ if (s[i] == '_') {
+ o += "__";
+ } else {
+ o += s[i];
+ }
+ }
+
+ return o;
+}
+
+/** Replace < and > with < and > respectively to make < > display correctly in markup strings */
+string
+escape_angled_brackets (string const & s)
+{
+ string o = s;
+ boost::replace_all (o, "<", "<");
+ boost::replace_all (o, ">", ">");
+ return o;
+}