>>>> "Per" == Per Abrahamsen
<abraham(a)dina.kvl.dk> writes:
Per> I'm not sure that is conceptually right. X resources gives
Per> the ability to make "per display" customizations, while
Per> customize only support customizations based on some broad
Per> display categories. The most specific should win. E.g. you
Per> may want to select different font sizes for different sized
Per> monitors , something customize cannot know about.
But specifiers could know this (not implemented in the current
specifier code) if the server for the display gives the correct
information (which it rarely does, except by accident), font.el does
know this subject to the same caveat, and specifiers definitely can
handle this on a user-controlled basis by defining specifier tags to
correspond to the known displays.
-BP> But with a decent font model, you could say 'I want a 1inch
-BP> high font' and it would work everywhere, no matter your
-BP> monitor size or pixel resolution. :)
Um, no, I don't want a one inch high font; I want a 3-inch high font
on my projection monitor's 3-meter screen, giving 30 lines, a 20-point
font on my 21" monitor, and 16-point font on my 14" normally-only-the-
server-console display. All making somewhat different tradeoffs of
line count for readability. This is beyond current font model
technology, I believe....
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