docs: Point at for_scale() variants

Using lookup_icon() and lookup_by_gicon() with a size multiplied by a
scaling factor is almost certainly going to get worse results than using
their for_scale() variants.
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Emmanuele Bassi 2015-11-04 11:50:37 +00:00
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@ -1995,6 +1995,12 @@ choose_icon (GtkIconTheme *icon_theme,
* can then be rendered into a pixbuf using
* gtk_icon_info_load_icon(). (gtk_icon_theme_load_icon()
* combines these two steps if all you need is the pixbuf.)
*
* When rendering on displays with high pixel densities you should not
* use a @size multiplied by the scaling factor returned by functions
* like gdk_window_get_scale_factor(). Instead, you should use
* gtk_icon_theme_lookup_icon_for_scale(), as the assets loaded
* for a given scaling factor may be different.
*
* Returns: (nullable) (transfer full): a #GtkIconInfo object
* containing information about the icon, or %NULL if the
@ -5379,6 +5385,12 @@ find_builtin_icon (const gchar *icon_name,
* such as the filename of the icon. The icon can then be rendered
* into a pixbuf using gtk_icon_info_load_icon().
*
* When rendering on displays with high pixel densities you should not
* use a @size multiplied by the scaling factor returned by functions
* like gdk_window_get_scale_factor(). Instead, you should use
* gtk_icon_theme_lookup_by_gicon_for_scale(), as the assets loaded
* for a given scaling factor may be different.
*
* Returns: (nullable) (transfer full): a #GtkIconInfo containing
* information about the icon, or %NULL if the icon wasnt
* found. Unref with g_object_unref()