Re: row and column size not being preserved when switching X displays

[Alan Horkan <horkana maths tcd ie>]

On Wed, 3 Nov 2004, Nick Lamb wrote:

> Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 18:21:43 +0000
> From: Nick Lamb <njl98r ecs soton ac uk>
> To: Gnumeric Dev List <gnumeric-list gnome org>
> Subject: Re: row and column size not being preserved when switching X
>     displays
>
> On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 05:23:53PM +0000, Alan Horkan wrote:
> > Hopefully a smart and almost completely automatic method can be
> > implemented by taking the DPI provided by the XServer as a
> > 'recommendation' (but without trusting it so much as to get caught
> > out by disinformation).
>
> Gnumeric should be able to do just fine by clamping the provided resolution
> value within a reasonable range (say 50-250 dpi) and providing some sort
> of override (e.g. the existing gconf value).


> Actually I suspect that The GIMP could scrap this particular run-time
> setting and get away with it these days.

> However scrapping the entire run-time config is dangerous because The
> GIMP is a big beasty -

Keep the options, put them in the preferences dialog (or bury them in a
well documented config file).

Which is what Gnumeric does.

Provide the best defaults possible.
Kill the unnecessary questions at startup.
Don't confuse new users with questions they won't know how to answer.

Which is what Gnumeric does.

Hope that makes it clearer what I meant.
(I'd rather not talk further on list about issue not specifically related
to the Gnumeric user interface which I do actually like.)

Sincerely

Alan Horkan

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