[ltp] QUICK TIPS: Netscape and X font sizes (General and 770X 1280x1024)

[Thomas Hood]

--- Bill Mair <b.mair@levigo.de> wrote: 
> 1) Set the display size in your XF86Config-4 using the option:
> 
>     DisplaySize 269 216
> 
> .. this is in millimeters and should be placed in >Section "Monitor"<
> 
> this allows X to determine the correct screen resolution.

FYI ...

I measured my ThinkPad 600 (2645-51U) 1024x768 active matrix screen
and it is approximately 269mm wide and 203 mm high.

> 2) Netscape:
> 
> in .Xresources or /etc/X11/xdm/Xresources:
> add the following lines:
> 
> Nescape*documentFonts.xResolution*iso-8859-1: 110
> Nescape*documentFonts.yResolution*iso-8859-1: 110
> 
> to let netscape know your screen resoultion. It doesn't query the
> XServer. :-(
> This works wonders for the font display sizes when browsing, seeing as
> netscape thinks that this display is 75 dpi (dots per inch).

I presume that "Netscape" is misspelled in those lines.

Thomas


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