Jukka Salmi --> dwm (2007-08-19 20:53:40 +0200): > Antoni Grzymala --> dwm (2007-08-19 19:52:22 +0200): > > Tako rzecze Jukka Salmi (w e-mailu datowanym 2007-08-17, 12:25): > > > > > Sometimes I need a terminal window which has exactly 80 columns; > > > that's where being able to set mwfact explicitly would be nice. > > > > I sometimes need to work remotely on an extremely old DOS[emu] system > > and for this I have set up separate Xdefaults for xterm (which include a > > very large font and -geometry 80x25), also xterm has a dwm floating > > rule. For my everyday terminal needs I use urxvt. Maybe this would be a > > solution more practical than resizing your current terminal to 80 > > columns. > > Thanks for the hint. I'm already using something similar: a separate > shortcut for spawning `exec urxvtc -name whatever' and a floating rule > for /^URxvt:fterm:/.
Of course this should read ...for spawning `exec urxvtc -name whatever' and a floating rule for /^URxvt:whatever:/. > However, I still resize terminals in tiling mode quite often; e.g. > while reading man pages terminals with more than 80 columns just waste > space. -- bashian roulette: $ ((RANDOM%6)) || rm -rf ~
