Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 18:31:05 +1100 From: jonathan michaels <jon@caamora.com.au> To: FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: On Desktops and defaults Message-ID: <19990202183105.F10808@caamora.com.au> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.990202072604.asmodai@wxs.nl>; from Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai on Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 07:26:04AM %2B0100 References: <XFMail.990202072604.asmodai@wxs.nl>
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to all concerned, On Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 07:26:04AM +0100, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote: > Just a note before arguments get momentum: > > Offcourse, whenever possible, anyone responsible for such changes into the > BSD system, like those we discussed the last 48 hours about KDE and default > desktops, will make sure that whatever he adds to the install process will > made modular so that no desktop will get major preference above the other. > > Doing otherwise might IMHO violate the principle that is Unix, e.g. > customisable to the max with nothing forced down ones throat. to this i would like to add .. to the person doing this thing, please cocider adding a menu item or a confguration option that would allow a sight impeared person to use kde out of teh box as well .. a basic font like lucida or century schoolbook teh foundry matters little (sort off), what is most important is teh size. it needs to be about 20 point. that is about 3 times the current standard size used as teh main 'font' and the theme to be carried through to all teh ancilliary fonts fro window decorations and in window functionality. i am currently working in fvwm2, experimenting with various fonts working out what works on a pair of once top notch screens, a nec multisync mk1 (640x480 and 560x800), and nec 3d (640x480, 800x600 and one of teh worst 1024x768 i've seen). regards and thank you in advance jonathan -- =============================================================================== Jonathan Michaels PO Box 144, Rosebery, NSW 1445 Australia ===========================================================<jon@caamora.com.au> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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