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From: klee@chico.pa.dec.com (Ken Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Screen resolution
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Date: 20 Nov 89 23:16:05 GMT
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In article <1172@uakari.primate.wisc.edu>, bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain
in Neutral) writes:
> Is there a "proper" way to determine the resolution of a screen, e.g.,
> something other than XHeightOfScreen (s) / XHeightMMOfScreen (s) ?

I'm not sure what you mean by "proper", but the method you describe is
pretty efficient already.  Neither of these functions (or the
equivalent macros) generate protocol, so the cost is pretty minimal.

Ken Lee
DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif.
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