On Fri, 2004-12-10 at 11:05 +0000, Dave Ewart wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Found a little comment about this matter here: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_display_standard > > "Super XGA, a de facto standard with a resolution of 1280 × 1024 > with 32 bit pixels, true colour. This is an unusual resolution > because the numbers work out for a 5:4 display rather than a 4:3 > one, so many images appear wider on SXGA displays than most other > resolutions. The resolution probably should have been 1280 × 960 (a > popular standard resolution for Unix workstations)." That doesn't make sense. 1280x1024 is just as wide as 1280x960, obviously, so there are no width issues. A 400x400 window at resolution 1280x1024 is the exact same size as if the monitor were running at 1280x960, because the monitor (whether LCT or CRT) is designed to run at 1280x1024, and X knows about 1280x1024. There will *only* be issues is a 4:3 image is stretched to 5:4. Then, the image will look long/thin. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms [of government] those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny." Thomas Jefferson
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