Missing ScreenSize & ScreenPixelsPerInch properties

[Ben Abbott]

On Nov 10, 2008, at 11:15 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:

> In Matlab a "ScreenSize" property is available,
>
> 	get (0, 'ScreenSize')
>
> If there are no objections I'd like to see a "ScreenSize" property  
> added to "root" in Octave as well. As we have  no method to actually  
> determine the size of the display, I'll suggest it be a *writable*  
> property and set to some nominal default. The site below suggests  
> 1024x768 to be typical
>
> 	http://www.rochester.edu/IT/reports/graph/screenstat/screenchart.php
>
> To allow this property to be used with various figure and axes  
> "position" related properties the "ScreenPixelsPerInch" property is  
> also needed.
>
> 	get (0, 'ScreenPixelsPerInch')
>
> and again, I suggest this be a *writable* property and set to a  
> nominal value (say 72).
>
> If someone skilled in c/c++ can take care of this, I'm happy to do  
> what I can to have the gnuplot backend respect the various  
> properties impacted. The files I'm thinking of are gnuplot_drawnow,  
> __go_draw_figure__, __go_draw_axes__, and some tweaks to subplot.
>
> Ben

If someone can give me some hints, I am happy to try to add the  
"ScreenSize" and "ScreenPixelsPerInch" properties to root ...  
*warning*, my knowledge of c/c++ is practically non-existent.

Where are the properties added, and how are they initialized?

Ben