<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> On 08/11/2010 05:28 PM, Joel Feiner wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:AANLkTikGTYZ9aLMMPxYwwpX0_UyE+6jqN+m01=ZFfSNw@mail.gmail.com" type="cite">KDE has a pretty spiffy screen configuration utility that can do per-screen resolution, layout configuration, etc. It uses randr behind the scenes, of course. <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 4:50 AM, Frans de Boer <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:frans@fransdb.nl">frans@fransdb.nl</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Dear Reader, The automatic configuration of the X server is a good step ahead. Alas, there are some issues involving the user experience. To name just two: - Easy per desktop resolution setting with or without panning is missing. - Easy definition of virtual screen and on the fly screen resolution changes using the ctrl+alt+-/+ keys are missing. Yes, you have the xrandr CLI utility, but in a graphical world using a CLI utility which is not intuitive too?? The above remarks can be overcome by manually creating/editing the xorg.conf file. But be honest, normal end users can do that? As it stands now, the X (7.5) experience has less features then before making Windows and Mac interesting again because they offer per screen resolution setting using a GUI and if the driver supports it, panning too. Alas, they don't offer fast (using the keyboard) resolution changes as the X 7.4 and before versions did. So - lacking a feature request function - I like to see: - Previous resolution changes using a key sequence on a virtual canvas being restored. - Easy per screen resolution setting with optional panning being restored. - Offer a GUI for the xrandr utility with intuitive settings (so none technical people can use it too). People before me have suggested to send a bug report, but since removal of these features have been done by design, it can't be a bug since it is a feature (or lack of). Frans. </blockquote> </div> </blockquote> I tried that before but: 1) It does not preserve the settings between sessions. 2) I see no panning enabled! 3) If I want to zoom in quickly while doing some work, what works more convenient: a keyboard shortcut using ctrl+alt+-/+ or starting a utility? 4) using the keyboard shortcut keeps the place where the mouse pointer is focused. Once having zoomed in, you have to move the mouse pointer (using panning) to find the applet again to restore the previous resolution or switch to another resolution. Then try to find your exact position before back again. 5) not everybody is working with KDE. </body> </html>