Re: determine correct dpi settings for X

[LeVA <leva@az.isten.hu>]

2006. január 3. 13:17,
Gonzalo HIGUERA DÍAZ <gonhidi@gmail.com>
-> debian-user@lists.debian.org,:
> 2006-01-03 13:05 +0100, LeVA <leva@az.isten.hu>:
> Measure the monitor's height and width in inches and manually
> calculate the horizontal and vertical dots per inch for your preferred
> resolution, or measure it in centimetres and let the Xorg server do it
> for you. A partial quote from "/usr/share/doc/x11-common/FAQ.gz":
>
> """
> How do I set the DPI (dots-per-inch) value used by the X server?
>
>    Two ways to get an accurate DPI value to your application are:
>     1. pass the -dpi option to the X server (this also works for many
>        non-XFree86/Xorg X servers); or
>     2. let the XFree86/Xorg X server calculate the DPI value based on the
>        DisplaySize parameter in its configuration file, XF86Config-4 or
>        xorg.conf. See the XF86Config-4(5x) or xorg.conf(5x) manual page
>        for details.
>
>    The first method is recommended if you already know the DPI value of
>    your monitor and wish to always run it at the same resolution; the
>    second method is the more flexible way, but only available for the
>    XFree86 and Xorg X servers.
>
>    [...]
Cool, thanks!

Daniel

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LeVA