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authorMatthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com>2015-08-15 22:20:16 -0400
committerMatthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com>2015-08-15 22:20:16 -0400
commitb437f89c052e5d1a0bfc5521efc1eeedd4ad3f28 (patch)
tree461948903cf10cc1734af6cfcddc66206f691cfd /gdk/gdkscreen.c
parent02f3fe0671fe7b4f4068716773db01be7d4482e5 (diff)
downloadgtk+-b437f89c052e5d1a0bfc5521efc1eeedd4ad3f28.tar.gz
Add a note to gdk_screen_get_width/height_mm
The values returned by these functions are not very well defined, recommend to use the monitor dimensions instead.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdk/gdkscreen.c')
-rw-r--r--gdk/gdkscreen.c10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gdk/gdkscreen.c b/gdk/gdkscreen.c
index 146e5af192..494902251c 100644
--- a/gdk/gdkscreen.c
+++ b/gdk/gdkscreen.c
@@ -619,7 +619,10 @@ gdk_screen_get_height (GdkScreen *screen)
* @screen: a #GdkScreen
*
* Gets the width of @screen in millimeters.
- * Note that on some X servers this value will not be correct.
+ *
+ * Note that this value is somewhat ill-defined when the screen
+ * has multiple monitors of different resolution. It is recommended
+ * to use the monitor dimensions instead.
*
* Returns: the width of @screen in millimeters.
*
@@ -638,7 +641,10 @@ gdk_screen_get_width_mm (GdkScreen *screen)
* @screen: a #GdkScreen
*
* Returns the height of @screen in millimeters.
- * Note that on some X servers this value will not be correct.
+ *
+ * Note that this value is somewhat ill-defined when the screen
+ * has multiple monitors of different resolution. It is recommended
+ * to use the monitor dimensions instead.
*
* Returns: the heigth of @screen in millimeters.
*