setting X server DPI

[Bill Crawford]

On Tuesday 10 March 2009 11:31:39 Tim wrote:

> Anyone who thinks that increasing the resolution *should* create smaller
> fonts, or GUI gadgets, has got it extremely wrong.  And that includes
> all the programmers who stupidly do that.

Except that, if you want to do so, because you want more "real estate", it is 
often the only way to get it :o)

Which isn't to concede that you have a point; I should be able to easily tune 
the size of things with a scale, and the thing should be drawn at the size I 
want.