On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 12:08:25 +1200 Andy George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Further to the Ansi colours/size discussion, the solution you present below, > will change the console, in a similar vein to Slackware, yes? I'm looking > at the console output of my IPTables Firewall, and honestly, if I can pretty > that up some, it'd be almost readable. Add some colours to differentiate > information, reduce the font size, to make each line, one line, instead of > multiples, ad infinitum... take a look at colortail which nicely tails log files with colour output. I think it will pretty up other text output as well. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Sawtell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 11 August 2004 10:04 a.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Screens, colours, and text sizes. > > > On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 05:22, Andy George wrote: > > I can only assume that Linux can do a similar if not flasher trick. �How, > > or what MAN page would best show me how? > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Framebuffer-HOWTO.html > This describes in excruciating detail how to set up the hardware character > generator in the video card. There is also the possibility of setting a > screen font by software. > man setfont > describes this. > > hth. > > -- > Sincerely etc., > Christopher Sawtell > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.516 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 1/09/2003 > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.516 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 1/09/2003 -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
