Re: Second monitor [was Re: Guest Additions!]
- From: J R FOX <jr_fox@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "xywrite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xywrite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 17:38:19 -0800
Didn't RH at one point have everything -- including Xy -- running on one of
those giant flat screen panels ?
Jordan
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> From: Carl Distefano <cld@xxxxxxxxxx>
>To: xywrite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2015 2:50 PM
>Subject: Second monitor [was Re: Guest Additions!]
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>Reply to note from Harry Binswanger <hb@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sat, 2 Aug 2014
>17:45:48 -0400
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>> What, you have only one monitor? Carl, get with the program! You
>> absolutely need two; I have 3.
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>OK, Harry, I broke down and got a second monitor. Impulse purchase
>whilst innocently browsing the web. Now that it's here, I wouldn't
>say that I "absolutely need" it, but it is a welcome amenity. It's
>nice to be able to drag GUI stuff like web pages and movies over to
>the wide screen. And -- a very pleasant surprise -- XyWrite looks
>great. Full-screen Xy under W2K is crazy wide, but vDosXy maintains
>correct proportions both windowed and full-screen. This means that
>when I want to focus on writing without two screens glaring at me, I
>can choose either monitor and let the other go dark. I must say that
>"writer's view" (WV<Helpkey>) looks especially good on the wide
>screen: an island of text surrounded by a sea of black.
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>I didn't spend a lot of money, but you're still a devil, Harry.
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>--
>Carl Distefano
>cld@xxxxxxxxxx
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