Re: default font resolution in X Windows
On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 12:17:01PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 12:06:50PM +0200, Matthias Berse wrote:
> > I'd like to know, how I could accomplish that X Screen font res. will
> > not default to 100dpi. I would like to see a debconf question wether I
> > want 75dpi or 100dpi since I see no point using 100dpi unless your
> > resolution is at least 1280x1600 which most users won't have.
> [snip]
>
>
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/xbase-clients.config
> db_input medium xbase-clients/default_100dpi || true
yes I know. Any pointer why this decision has been made?
>
> You should be aware that, by default, xinit (and thus startx) starts the X
> server using the "-dpi 100" argument, which forces the X server to treat
> the display as having 100 dots per inch. This particularly affects the
> visible font size. Another common default is 75 dpi; some font
> rasterizers do not deal well with dpi settings other than 75 or 100.
So why has this change made? Sorry if that's an faq. Maybe the answer
should be included in the note.
> .
> The "-dpi 100" setting can be changed or removed by editing
> /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc.
or editing those two files I mentioned before?!
thanks,
Matthias
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