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On Monday 19 October 2009 22:18:39 Thorsten Kampe wrote: |
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> I'd still like to know what exactly changed and if 75 or 96 is the |
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> "correct" value. Nevertheless, I have Xorg server 1.6 running and it |
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> looks fine. |
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I'd like to know exactly what the "dpi" setting is. |
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One thing it isn't, is the "dots per inch" of the display device. Or if it is, |
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it gets ignored/misinterpretated/abused by enough apps out there to make no |
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sense based on what I see on-screen. |
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The more I look into this, the more convinced I become that it is little more |
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than a "scaling factor hint" that apps are free to ignore (and often do) |
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