Re: widget size independant to screen resolution

On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 10:33:51PM +0000, Phil wrote:
> Ben Urban wrote:
> >I have a number of interesting points to make:
> >* It may be beneficial to have a control panel (or part of one)
> >dedicated to allowing the user to specify the correct PPI setting for
> >his/her monitor and resolution, such as the way the GIMP handles it (by
> >allowing manual specification and a calibration dialog).  Unlike the
> >GIMP, this would have to be a desktop-wide setting, rather than an
> >individual application setting.
> 
> VESA DDC (and for DVI machines the DVI protocol) report the physical 
> dimensions of the VDU in extremely precise terms.  There is no need to 
> bother with a user-settable value.

Alas, the DDC information is depressingly wrong on a wide variety of
cheap monitors. It's a perennial problem for hardware detection
efforts. You have to be able to override it. Not really a big deal
though.

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