Re: widget size independant to screen resolution

Phil <[email protected]> Tue, 19 Oct 2004 22:42:07 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.comp.graphics.y.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Paul Bonser wrote:
> And I almost forgot to mention, rotating windows by 90 degrees would
> also be useful for watching windows, especially ones that are wider
> than they are tall, I could fit them into a little space next to my
> browser or editor window, rotated and scaled down, just big enough so
> I can see when whatever process is running is finished.

Window rotation is probably going to get implemented as a side-effect of 
working out how to deal with screen rotation.  The biggest challenge is 
probably to change the sub-pixel font rendering from VRGB (or whatever) 
to HRGB (or whatever rotated).

Phil