row and column size not being preserved when switching X displays

[sllewbj blueyonder co uk (Joe Wells (reverse mailbox letters only for non-public replies))]

I recently switched to a new computer with a display that has 141
pixels per inch.  When I start the X server on my new computer, I
inform it that it has 141 dpi.  When I run Gnumeric 1.2.12 (Gentoo
ebuild) on the new computer displaying on its X server, my old
documents get their row and column sizes screwed up.  When I run
Gnumeric 1.2.12 on the new computer but instead displaying on the X
server of my old computer (which thinks it is 75 dpi), my documents
look the way they should.

Using both X displays, the rows and columns get the same number of
_pixels_.  For example, I have a row in which I have 8 point text and
Gnumeric reports the height of the row is 9.75 points (13 pixels) on
both X servers.  However, on the new X server, 13 pixels is way too
small to display the text and everything gets displayed as ####.  On
the old X server, 13 pixels is a good size.  When I print to
PostScript, 8 point text looks exactly the same size.  So it is the
row/column size that is changing.

I looked in the source code and it appears that while it is running
Gnumeric keeps track of the row and column sizes in pixels.  However,
in the Gnumeric XML document format, it appears that Gnumeric keeps
track of row and column sizes in points.

How can I get this fixed?  If I knew what source code lines to hack
on, I could do it, but I am way too busy to learn now.  I am happy to
test patches that anyone sends me.

-- 
Joe Wells