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Re: Anyone Know X Window?

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Farley Flud <fflud@gnu.rocks> wrote at 16:18 this Tuesday (GMT):
> I needed to check my screen resolution and so I used the
> xrandr utility:
>
> #[~] xrandr
>
> Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 2560 x 1440, maximum 32767 x 32767
> ...
>
> I've never before noticed this "maximum" value of 32767 x 32767.
> Does this mean that X Window is actually capable of handling
> screen resolutions of that size?
>
> Of course, the video card cannot display that size but, in
> principle, if some device could display it then would X be able
> to handle it?
>
> If so, the venerable X Window system can blow that garbage
> Microslop Winblows clear out of the water.


Well, I think that's just saying that its compiled as a signed 16 bit
int, since that's the largest number that can hold. Checking mine, it
says 16384, which.. I guess means its compiled as a 4 byte integer?
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