[Are you subscribed to this list?] On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 02:35:23PM -0400, Andrew Pimlott wrote: > The DPI can also be set using the DisplaySize parameter in XF86Config-4. > Although this seems to be semantically equivalent to the -dpi option > (none of my computers auto-detect it, so I can't tell if auto-detection > overrides DisplaySize, but it seems unlikely), it would be 1) easier for > users to find and change, and 2) easier to handle with dexconf. A > simple 'I have a 14"/15"/17"/21"/custom/autodetect monitor' question > would make this issue go away. > > This suggestion comes from the perspective of one who always enters > DisplaySize manually, and removes the -dpi from xserverrc. Monitors > differ enough in their resolutions these days that it's really worth > getting it right. > > Also, has anyone asked the X developers for a "soft" version of -dpi or > DisplaySize? It seems like a trivial feature. Sure; I've considered implementing it ("-softdpi") myself. So far, not enough round tuits for it. (For bystanders reading this, whereas "-dpi" overrides any DisplaySize information, "-softdpi"'s setting would only be used if no screen size information were available.) -- G. Branden Robinson | You are not angry with people when Debian GNU/Linux | you laugh at them. Humor teaches branden@debian.org | them tolerance. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- W. Somerset Maugham
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