Size of x11 device
On Wed, 21 May 2003, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
I've fairly recently changed my Linux desktop, and now use a XFree86 server. The default X11() window is rather small: it is supposed to be 7" x 7". However, 1) It is actually just over 5" x 5" and 2) 7" x 7" would be rather small on a 21" screen. The reason for 1) is that DisplayWidthMM give 542mm, when it is really close to 400mm (and the correct monitor was specified).
Thanks to Marc Schwartz and Simon Urbanek for help on examining this. It seems there is a bug in my setup: it is configured (correctly) for 400 x 300mm, 1600x1200 and hence 102dpi, but 1600 at 75dpi is 542mm. Is anyone else unhappy with what the default 7" x 7" gives them?
Brian D. Ripley, ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595