Re: gEDA-user: PCB Gtk port

[Charles Lepple <clepple@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 22:13:43 -0500, Joshua Boyd <jdboyd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 08:51:45AM -0500, DJ Delorie wrote:
> >
> > > I'd guess there's some Xlib function for that.
> >
> > There is.  I've only rarely seen it be accurate, and most people don't
> > know how to set it anyway.
> >
> > It's usually in the 70-110 DPI range.
> 
> Apparently I have strange experiences then because in recent years I've
> usually seen it be pretty acurate, say within +/-5 dpi, across several
> displays.

You may be one of the lucky few with a combination of graphics card,
monitor and X server that can make use of EDID information stored in
the monitor. Check your logs (e.g. XFree86.0.log)-- there may be some
mention of EDID, DDC or VBE, and how the DPI value was obtained.

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- Charles Lepple