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Ancient X11 scaling technology

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283 points todsacerdoti | 1 comments | 24 Jun 25 18:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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DonHopkins[dead post] ◴[24 Jun 25 19:20 UTC] No.44369925[source]▶
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arp242 ◴[24 Jun 25 19:38 UTC] No.44370160[source]▶
This does not address anything from the article and is a (seemingly copy/pasted) generic tangent about X11.
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DonHopkins ◴[24 Jun 25 20:05 UTC] No.44370460[source]▶
If you'd read both the article and my post, you'd realize it does actually address the article. It's a quote from the chapter about X-Windows I wrote in the Unix Haters handbook in 1994.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_UNIX-HATERS_Handbook

https://web.archive.org/web/20201120053257/http://www.simson...

And a description of the screen spanning ruler app (or rather "Desk Accessory") that the Mac had around 1987 or so (I specifically remember Hugh showing it to me a few months before Black Monday).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desk_accessory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Monday_(1987)

Just like the article you apparently didn't read mentioned:

>With my new knowledge, I also wrote an onscreen ruler using the shape extension. Somewhat tautological for measuring the two inch circle, but in the event anyone asks, I can now tell them my terminal line height is 1/8”, and yes, I measured.

https://humungus.tedunangst.com/r/xtoys/v/tip/f/ruler.c

Now 38 years later, is there a ruler app for X-Windows that can span multiple screens yet? Or Wayland, even? Why don't you write one!

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arp242[dead post] ◴[24 Jun 25 20:17 UTC] No.44370578[source]▶
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1. Qwertious ◴[25 Jun 25 01:29 UTC] No.44372877[source]▶
>Somebody just ASKED me to post more information, and they were even so kind as to say "please", so I did. If you object to that, then there is a "next" link you can press to skip over it without wasting your time replying! If that's too difficult and your panties are still in a bunch about my posting replies to legitimate questions, then take it up with sprash for asking. Happy clicking and toxic whining!

Oh shit, is that what the "next" button is for? TYVM, and I mean that unironically.