[Interest] Qt5 and "global" configuration

[Constantin Makshin]

Probably lack of similar problems with my screens (both notebook and
desktop) made me over-optimistic. :)

On 11/14/2014 03:20 PM, Stanislav Baiduzhyi wrote:
> On Friday 14 November 2014 15:10:05 Constantin Makshin wrote:
>> On 11/14/2014 02:41 PM, Stanislav Baiduzhyi wrote:
>>> - when you're using some brand new laptop your physical screen dimension
>>> may not be present in X db yet, which means that X just takes your screen
>>> resolution, assumes 96dpi and calculates physical dimensions based on
>>> that, which usually gives you result very far from expected.
>>
>> Every reasonably modern computer screen provides its physical size in
>> EDID and X server will use that information unless you explicitly tell
>> it to use other source.
> 
> And yet with every new laptop I'm getting I have to write it down manually to 
> xorg.conf to make X return proper values :) and not only laptops, but my brand 
> new Philips 3D monitor had to be forced as well.
> 
> I agree with your points that stuff like that should not be needed in 21st 
> century, but real world is way close to antiutopia than we would like, so 
> forcing proper DPI resolution is one of major world problems at the moment.

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