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Author: Steve Litt
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] A heads up about xfce's future
On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 17:03:10 +0100
Edward Bartolo <edbarx@???> wrote:


> If Devuan fails to package XFCE it will be a blow for me as window
> managers are not suitable for my eyesight.


I don't think anyone suggested removing XFCE from Devuan. That would be
a grave error. I think they were just talking about what to crown as
the default window manager.

> They take ages to configure
> - something that I cannot do when fonts are too small to read without
> damaging eye fatigue.
>
> I found window managers' default font sizes terribly small that often
> resulted into burning eyes after a few minutes of reading. This means,
> they are out of question for me.


I've had this problem too, with Windowmaker and Fvwm. Catch 22: If only
I could read the screen, I could configure the fonts to be larger. If
only I could configure the fonts to be larger, I could read the screen.

There's a special place in hell for people who assume everyone has
their precise visual acuity. 9point lightgray font on darkgray
backgrounds. 8 point on a transparent background.

I know what you mean.

SteveT

Steve Litt
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