1 Gnome Screen Ruler is an on-screen ruler for measuring horizontal and
2 vertical distances in any application. It has the following features:
4 * Horizontal and vertical display
5 * Multiple units: pixels, inches, centimeters, picas, points,
7 * Configurable colors and font
8 * Can be set always-on-top
9 * Measurement lines track mouse cursor to help measure
11 * Move and resize via click-and-drag with the mouse
12 * Align with other windows while dragging (hold Shift key)
13 * Move using the keyboard for precision (arrow keys)
14 * Resize using keyboard (Alt+arrow keys)
15 * Speed up keyboard operations (hold Shift key)
17 WWW: http://gnomecoder.wordpress.com/screenruler/