From: Jeremy Nicoll - ml gip Sent: Tuesday, November 7, 2017 9:52 PM
Actually that's not the width that matters. The terminal window also has a width (and depth) and if it's set wider than your screen then you just have to scroll it sideways.
In XP and W8.1 and presumably W10 too, if you click the icon at the top left of the window (on the titlebar) then choose Properties -> Layout you can set the size of the buffer lines in which output is stored, and also the maximum width of the terminal window. I typically have
screen buffer width 150 columns height 9999 rows window size 150 height 42 rows
Thanks, that is indeed the answer. My desktop machine has a screen buffer size width of 131 and the window size width is the same, and one laptop has a screen buffer size width and window size width of 113.
If I look at the output on the laptop more carefully, I can see each line ends "remai" and the last line is "ning" so it is 4 characters too short.
I was aware of the Properties on the command prompt window in Windows 10, but I wasn't aware of it in XP (nor until a few minutes ago was I aware that there was distinction between the NT cmd.exe and the DOS prompt). I have been using it to change the font size. The default 6x12 pixels Consolas font is very small, so I have been changing it to 9x20.
I have just been experimenting and the default width appears to be 80 characters for both screen buffer and window size, but it gets recalculated if the font size is changed and if the window is made full screen (which is what I normally use).
When I change the font size I have always got an error message telling me it was unable to modify the shortcut. Suggestions I have found from searching , including making the change as administrator, have not worked. I have just found by accident that if the font size is 8x18 or less it can be saved.
If I reduce the font size to 8x18 on the laptop the line does display correctly.
As you say, it's complicated. Best wishes Richard _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
