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List:       freedesktop-xorg
Subject:    Re: Xlib: DisplayWidth / DisplayHeight
From:       Dave Howorth <xorg () howorth ! org ! uk>
Date:       2023-08-31 19:20:52
Message-ID: 20230831202052.7b2e32e4 () acer-suse ! lan
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On Thu, 31 Aug 2023 10:14:38 -0700, Alan Coopersmith wrote:

> On 8/31/23 10:01, Vladimir Dergachev wrote:
> > I don't know exactly why they named things as they did. One
> > possibility is that the idea was that a display could consist of
> > several physical devices, like an airport display for arrivals and
> > deparatures.  
> 
> I don't either, but
> https://www.x.org/wiki/guide/concepts/#displaysandscreens is an
> attempt to explain what those names mean now.

I think https://www.x.org/wiki/guide/extensions/#randrandxinerama is a
more relevant section of the page: "if your applications desire
knowledge of the screen layout ..."

> -- 
>          -Alan Coopersmith-
> alan.coopersmith@oracle.com Oracle Solaris Engineering -
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