Re: why 25 rows?

[Drew Arnett]

Thanks, gang!

Drew
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On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 4:48 PM Thomas Beierlein  wrote:
>
> Hi Drew, hi Christoph,
>
> Am Thu, 25 Feb 2021 17:04:52 +0100
> schrieb Christoph Berg :
>
> > Re: Drew Arnett
> > > Dumb question:  why 25 rows?  Sorry for asking first, before
> > > examining code.
> >
> > I think you can start with more rows and then resize to 20 rows and it
> > still works. The restriction seems to remain from the time where
> > resizing the window wasn't supported. (With less rows things start to
> > overwrite each other.)
> >
> > Christoph
> >
>
> Totally correct. Old display code was optimized for a fixed 25 line
> layout. You would loose the bottom line with a 24 line display.
>
> For a year or so we support vertical resizing and the bottom line is
> always shown. So the warning about 25 lines should go in next release.
>
> At the moment the only negative point with less than 25 lines is the
> smaller space for the bandmap.
>
> 73, de Tom
>
>
> --
> "Do what is needful!"
> Ursula LeGuin: Earthsea
> --
>

Re: why 25 rows?

[Thomas Beierlein]

Hi Drew, hi Christoph,

Am Thu, 25 Feb 2021 17:04:52 +0100
schrieb Christoph Berg :

> Re: Drew Arnett
> > Dumb question:  why 25 rows?  Sorry for asking first, before
> > examining code.  
> 
> I think you can start with more rows and then resize to 20 rows and it
> still works. The restriction seems to remain from the time where
> resizing the window wasn't supported. (With less rows things start to
> overwrite each other.)
> 
> Christoph
> 

Totally correct. Old display code was optimized for a fixed 25 line
layout. You would loose the bottom line with a 24 line display.

For a year or so we support vertical resizing and the bottom line is
always shown. So the warning about 25 lines should go in next release.

At the moment the only negative point with less than 25 lines is the
smaller space for the bandmap. 

73, de Tom


-- 
"Do what is needful!"
Ursula LeGuin: Earthsea
--

Re: why 25 rows?

[Christoph Berg]

Re: Drew Arnett
> Dumb question:  why 25 rows?  Sorry for asking first, before examining code.

I think you can start with more rows and then resize to 20 rows and it
still works. The restriction seems to remain from the time where
resizing the window wasn't supported. (With less rows things start to
overwrite each other.)

Christoph

why 25 rows?

[Drew Arnett]

Hi,

Dumb question:  why 25 rows?  Sorry for asking first, before examining code.

Is there a design to the screen layout?

Why I bring up the question...  The official Raspberry Pi 7" screen
with the closest linux console font that I found (didn't search for
more options) ends up at 24 rows instead of 25.  Old video terminals
were often 24 rows.  The old IBM PCs were 25 rows.  I recall terminal
emulator SW on those providing 24 rows for terminal use and a 25th row
for menu.

I love TUI for contest logging.  I love turning off the GUI desktop
(X, wayland, whatever) for it, too.  So, linux console I think is
great.  Maybe I should review the linux console fonts bundled with
debian to make sure I didn't miss something or look to see if it is
possible to install additional ones.

Thanks and best regards,

Drew
n7da