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320 lines
5.8 KiB
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
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<HTML
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><HEAD
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><TITLE
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>LCD Display</TITLE
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><META
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NAME="GENERATOR"
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CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK
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REL="HOME"
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TITLE="Linux on the Road"
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HREF="index.html"><LINK
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REL="UP"
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TITLE="Hardware in Detail: CPU, Display, Keyboard, Sound and More"
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HREF="mobile-guide-p2c1-hardware-in-detail.html"><LINK
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REL="PREVIOUS"
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TITLE="Video Port / ZV Port"
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HREF="mobile-guide-p2c1s24-video-port-zv-port.html"><LINK
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REL="NEXT"
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TITLE="Sound"
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HREF="mobile-guide-p2c1s5-sound.html"></HEAD
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BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"
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><DIV
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><TR
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><TH
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COLSPAN="3"
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>Linux on the Road: </TH
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><TR
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><TD
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WIDTH="10%"
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ALIGN="left"
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HREF="mobile-guide-p2c1s24-video-port-zv-port.html"
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>Prev</A
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><TD
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WIDTH="80%"
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ALIGN="center"
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VALIGN="bottom"
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>Chapter 12. Hardware in Detail: CPU, Display, Keyboard, Sound and More</TD
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><TD
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WIDTH="10%"
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ALIGN="right"
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VALIGN="bottom"
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><H1
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CLASS="sect1"
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><A
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NAME="mobile-guide-p2c1s4-lcd-display"
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></A
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>12.9. LCD Display</H1
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><P
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> This chapter isn't ready yet, it will contain information about
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the lifetime of backlights,
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differences between CRT and LCD displays,
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anti-aliasing with LCD displays,
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the <SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>ISO</SPAN
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> 13406-2 standard about pixel defects,
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a survey of common resolutions: VGA, SVGA, XGA
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and more soon.
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See also the screensaver chapter and the touchscreen section in the
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chapter
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<A
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HREF="mobile-guide-p4-tablet-pc.html"
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>Part III in <I
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>Linux on the Road</I
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></A
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> Tablet PC and PDA.
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</P
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CLASS="sect2"
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><H2
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CLASS="sect2"
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><A
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NAME="AEN2123"
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></A
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>12.9.1. Laptop Displays</H2
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><DIV
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CLASS="sect3"
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><H3
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CLASS="sect3"
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><A
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NAME="AEN2125"
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></A
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>12.9.1.1. Applications</H3
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><P
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> <A
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HREF="http://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/software/lcdtest/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>lcdtest</A
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>
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is a utility to display LCD monitor test patterns. It may
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be useful in finding pixels that are stuck on or off. lcdtest uses the SDL
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library, and has only been tested on Linux with X, but may work on other
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platforms.
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</P
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><P
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> <A
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HREF="http://ddccontrol.sourceforge.net/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>DDCcontrol</A
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>
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is a program used to control monitor parameters, like
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brightness and contrast, by software, i.e. without using the OSD (On
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Screen Display) and the buttons in front of the monitor.
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</P
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></DIV
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><DIV
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CLASS="sect3"
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><H3
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CLASS="sect3"
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><A
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NAME="AEN2131"
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></A
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>12.9.1.2. Fonts</H3
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><P
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> <A
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HREF="http://www.iki.fi/too/sw/fat8x16-x-font.readme"
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TARGET="_top"
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>fat8x16-x-font</A
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>
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is a 8x16 pixel fixed width font to be used in
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physically small but high resolution displays. Such displays can be found
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for example in notebook computers with 1400x1050 and 1600x1200 14" displays.
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</P
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></DIV
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></DIV
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><DIV
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CLASS="sect2"
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><H2
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CLASS="sect2"
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><A
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NAME="AEN2135"
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></A
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>12.9.2. PDA Displays</H2
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><P
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> <A
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HREF="http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~cantsin/homepage/computing/hacks/pxl2000/README.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>pxl2000</A
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>
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is a free ISO 8859-15 (i.e. ISO 8859-1 with Euro symbol) encoded
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monowidth dot matrix typeface for the X Window system (X11). It is
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currently available in nine sizes: 4x8, 5x10, 6x12, 7x14, 8x16, 9x18,
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10x20, 11x22 and 12x24 pixels. It's design objectives are:
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</P
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><P
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>
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<P
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></P
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><UL
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><LI
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><P
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> Readability; fitness to be used as a default screen font,
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especially on reverse-color X11 terminals
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> Optimization for program code through visually distinct
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characters L, l, 1, 7, |, I, i and 0, O and more.
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> Complete ISO 8859-15 character set.
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> Many point sizes to ensure optical consistency across
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different computers with different screen resolutions
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(encompassing anything from PDA displays to 20" screens).
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> Fitness for displaying ASCII art and codework/code poetry,
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from viewing graphics in aview, watching TV in ttv and DVDs
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in <B
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CLASS="command"
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>mplayer</B
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> with <B
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CLASS="command"
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>-vo aa</B
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> to reading mailinglists like
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_arc.hive_, 7-11 and writing in <B
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CLASS="command"
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>mutt</B
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>.
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> Clean, minimalist visual design; no serifs, a square
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minuscule base matrix, rounded edges. This is a computer
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terminal font; it should not look like a low-res imitation
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of print type.
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</P
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></LI
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></UL
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>
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</P
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><P
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> The author Florian Cramer employs this font in his "anti-desktop"
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setup consisting of the <B
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CLASS="command"
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>ratpoison</B
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> window manager and GNU screen
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inside an <B
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CLASS="command"
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>rxvt</B
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> terminal (with reverse color and no scrollbars), similar to
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what is described in this
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<A
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HREF="http://palm.freshmeat.net/articles/view/581/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>FreshMeat article</A
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>
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</P
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><HR
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ALIGN="LEFT"
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WIDTH="100%"><TABLE
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WIDTH="33%"
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ALIGN="left"
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VALIGN="top"
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HREF="mobile-guide-p2c1s24-video-port-zv-port.html"
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>Prev</A
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>Home</A
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>Video Port / ZV Port</TD
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