From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: "James A. Robinson" Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 11:21:27 -0700 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e01228058482a5504e7ee6182 Subject: Re: [9fans] Acme real estate on 15" macbook pro? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 8312d680-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --089e01228058482a5504e7ee6182 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thank you everyone, it's great to read that there are folks who are pretty happy with acme in either resolution on that size laptop. On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 2:09 AM, Enrique Soriano wrote: > I use Acme with three columns (fullscreen) and the default fonts on my > Macbook Pro 15" retina with the maximum "scaled resolution" (looks > like 1920x1200). IMHO it's perfect. > > Regards. > q > > On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 10:43 PM, Steven Stallion > wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 10:02 AM, marius a. eriksen > wrote: > >> I use a 13=E2=80=9D rMBP at the highest resolution setting. I run acme= with 3 > columns (though the leftmost column is a shrunk column that=E2=80=99s rea= lly only > useful for directory browsing). > >> > >> The only annoyance is that I regularly connect to an external display, > which requires me to restart acme. Instead of messing with -f, -F flags, = I > make dumps (which store font settings). I restart acme with > >> > >> acme -l lodpi.dump > >> acme -l hidpi.dump > >> > >> depending on where I am. > > > > I do something similar myself: > > > > % whatis D > > fn D { acme -l $home/lib/acme/$* } > > > > As far as screen real-estate goes I have a similar function which sets > > up a base set of windows in rio: > > > > % whatis W > > fn W { . $home/lib/rio/$* } > > > > lib/rio contains files created via wloc. These are really small > > things, but speeds login considerably on my laptop, especially since I > > use a couple of different monitors with different resolutions. > > > > (I've also dealt with the sizing issue by getting used to smaller > > fonts and buying bigger monitors. vera/unicode.12.font and > > veramo/unicode.12.font work very well for me) > > > > Cheers, > > > > Steve > > > > --089e01228058482a5504e7ee6182 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Thank you everyone, it's great to read that there are<= div>folks who are pretty happy with acme in either resolution
on = that size laptop.


On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 2:09 AM, Enrique Soriano <esoriano@lsub.org>= wrote:
I use Acme with three columns (fullscreen) and the default fonts on my
Macbook Pro 15" retina with the maximum "scaled resolution" = (looks
like 1920x1200). IMHO it's perfect.

Regards.
q

On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 10:43 PM, Steven Stallion <sstallion@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 10:02 AM, marius a. eriksen <marius@monkey.org> wrote: >> I use a 13=E2=80=9D rMBP at the highest resolution setting. I run = acme with 3 columns (though the leftmost column is a shrunk column that=E2= =80=99s really only useful for directory browsing).
>>
>> The only annoyance is that I regularly connect to an external disp= lay, which requires me to restart acme. Instead of messing with -f, -F flag= s, I make dumps (which store font settings). I restart acme with
>>
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 acme -l lodpi.dump
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 acme -l hidpi.dump
>>
>> depending on where I am.
>
> I do something similar myself:
>
> % whatis D
> fn D { acme -l $home/lib/acme/$* }
>
> As far as screen real-estate goes I have a similar function which sets=
> up a base set of windows in rio:
>
> % whatis W
> fn W { . $home/lib/rio/$* }
>
> lib/rio contains files created via wloc. These are really small
> things, but speeds login considerably on my laptop, especially since I=
> use a couple of different monitors with different resolutions.
>
> (I've also dealt with the sizing issue by getting used to smaller<= br> > fonts and buying bigger monitors. vera/unicode.12.font and
> veramo/unicode.12.font work very well for me)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Steve
>


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