Re: [9fans] dejavu sans

2012-06-25 Thread Ethan Grammatikidis
On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:37:15 -0400 erik quanstrom wrote: > > I believe I do, and I'm pretty sure the difference lies in gamma or > > color correction which is provided by most graphics chipsets but is > > inaccessible with VESA. It is also likely to be inaccessible with > > native drivers if they

Re: [9fans] dejavu sans

2012-06-25 Thread Richard Miller
> Normally your monitor should have size/position/phase settings, > adjusting them can fix such issues You're right, that makes a big difference. New comparison: http://plan9.cs.bell-labs.com/sources/contrib/miller/vga-tuned-vs-dvi.jpg After tuning, the analog (on the left) looks digital too.

Re: [9fans] dejavu sans

2012-06-25 Thread hiro
Normally your monitor should have size/position/phase settings, adjusting them can fix such issues (my automatic adjustment feature doesn't work though)

Re: [9fans] dejavu sans

2012-06-25 Thread Richard Miller
Another data point: The DH61DL motherboard has both vga and dvi outputs from the same graphics core (integrated in the i5 chip), and my lcd monitor has both vga and dvi inputs. So I'm able to do an A-B experiment where the only variable is analog vs digital connection to the monitor. See http://

Re: [9fans] Show/edit acme snarf buffer

2012-06-25 Thread Richard Miller
> Using either/both acme under Plan 9 and/or Mac OS X via plan9port, is > there a "file" that can be opened in acme that displays the current > contents of the acme snarf buffer? /dev/snarf > If so, is there a way to have that > window automatically update when the snarf buffer changes? Not quit

Re: [9fans] Show/edit acme snarf buffer

2012-06-25 Thread Justin Bedo
> Using either/both acme under Plan 9 and/or Mac OS X via plan9port, is > there a "file" that can be opened in acme that displays the current > contents of the acme snarf buffer? If so, is there a way to have that > window automatically update when the snarf buffer changes? Basically, > I'm wonderi

[9fans] Show/edit acme snarf buffer

2012-06-25 Thread Brian Vito
Using either/both acme under Plan 9 and/or Mac OS X via plan9port, is there a "file" that can be opened in acme that displays the current contents of the acme snarf buffer? If so, is there a way to have that window automatically update when the snarf buffer changes? Basically, I'm wondering if ther