[Xastir] Poll: screen size/resolution

Tom Russo russo at bogodyn.org
Thu Dec 11 13:46:18 PST 2025


On Thu, Dec 11, 2025 at 04:27:55PM -0500, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <huston at srhuston.net> flavor, containing:
> On Thu, Dec 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM Tom Russo <russo at bogodyn.org> wrote:
> >   - What size screen do you use for Xastir?
> 
> 7" touchscreen on a Raspberry Pi 3
> 
> >   - What resolution?  640x480?  1920x1080?  4k? Something in between?
> 
> 800x480
> 
> >   - Do you use any of the non-default build options like "USE_TWO_STATUS_LINES"
> >      that are there specifically to support smaller screens?
> 
> I did not know of that option, may have to try it though things look
> pretty good for me (see https://imgur.com/a/rFPqQHi)

Thanks for posting that.  It suggests that any attempt to widen those
status boxes for larger screens would interfere with users of smaller
screens.  Your bottom line is pretty full compared to mine.

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Tom Russo    KM5VY
Tijeras, NM  

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