Is there any easy way to 'scale' displays?

[Chris Green]

On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 03:27:14PM +0000, Jonesy wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:18:47 +0000, Chris Green wrote:
> > Is there any easy way to move from (say) a 1920x1200 display to a
> > 1600x1200 one and keep windows the same relative size on the screen?
> >
> > I want to change displays but keep my same desktop layout so the
> > terminal windows (for example) need to change font size to keep their
> > proportion on the screen.
> 
> Appears you are asking, "How long is a string?"
> 
> Are you moving from a 1920x1200, 26 inch monitor to a 1600x1200, 14 inch 
> monitor, or a 1920x1200, 14 inch monitor to a 1600x1200, 26 inch monitor? 
> 
Neither, I haven't bought the alternative monitor yet!  :-)

The question is generic though, given a wide screen monitor I want to be
able to display two 100x65 character terminal windows on the display
without having to resize everything when I move from one monitor to the
other.

It's easy enough to do 'manually', you change the font size in the
terminal window so that it occupies the right space on the screen.  I
want to have windows that (somehow) take account of the screen
resolution and size themselves accordingly.

-- 
Chris Green