GNOME QuickRes Applet is a small program that sits on any
GNOME panel, allowing you to change the
X11 video mode by selecting it from a list of video modes, just like that icon
in Windoze 9X. It's based on
gtkuickres by
Ian Moore. Some other code has been hacked from other
GNOME applets, mainly from the "printer"
applet of the gnome-core package.
The program provides a button that opens a list with all the valid video
modes configured in the XF86Config file so the user can click on any of
them and quickly switch to any screen resolution, and two small buttons
labeled
as "+" and "-" with the same function than pressing the keys
CTRL+ALT+NUMPAD+ and CTRL+ALT+NUMPAD-.
And why using this program if you can use the keys? Well, if you only have
four or five video modes configured, switching between them is not a
problem.
But if you have THIRTY THREE ;D And why having so many modes?
Full screen X-MAME
without software zoom,
full screen video (
xawtv,
xanim,
mpegTV,
NIST...)
without software zoom,
(YOUR_APPLICATION_HERE) without software zoom... Software zooming is good
as a last resort, but it slows down the application. It's a better idea
defining a video mode that fits your needs and have hardware zooming. :) And
having to change between modes with the keys when you
have a lot of modes defined is a pain in the ass. ;)
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