> On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:31:46 -0400
> Frank Peters <frank.peters@...> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > The zoom key issue, however, is a different matter.  At first
> > I thought that using xrandr to change screen resolutions would
> > be an adequate substitute.  Xrandr does work, but the resulting
> > screen layout is much different...
> >
> 
> I found a better substitute than xandr for this problem: xvidtune.
> 
> Xvidtune allows stepping through the various modes without destroying
> the virtual desktop.
> 
> Using xvidtune is not as quick and easy as the zoom keys but at least
> the zoom functionality is restored.  Until this problem is resolved
> by Xorg I will have what I need.
> 
> Frank Peters&#1101;

xvidtune, old friend !  Remember using it in 1998, while computing scan modes
for my first monitor on Linux system :)



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