kms howto - is there one?

[Adam Jackson]

On Fri, 2010-03-19 at 14:58 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:01:07 -0400
> Adam Jackson wrote:
> 
> > Use gtf(1) to generate mode timings for CRTs, and cvt(1) for LCDs.
> 
> So here's a presumptuous question :-).
> 
> If gtf and cvt ship as part of X, and they can turn a human
> meaningful request for size and HZ into a X mode line,
> then why on God's green earth can't X accept a mode described
> in terms of size and HZ instead of a hieroglyphic mode line?

No one's written the code to do it.  PGA though.

- ajax
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