[Bug 464783] Re: `qemu -ncurses` 80x25 vs gnome-terminal 80x24

2010-03-01 Thread Dustin Kirkland
Adding a gnome-terminal task, as I'm interested in their opinion too. ** Also affects: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- `qemu -ncurses` 80x25 vs gnome-terminal 80x24

[Bug 464783] Re: `qemu -ncurses` 80x25 vs gnome-terminal 80x24

2010-03-01 Thread Dustin Kirkland
From my little perspective, it seems like it would be nice if gnome- terminal defaulted to 80x25. A quick search and a read of wikipedia seems to indicate that 80x25 is the most common format: * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/80x25 By far the most common text mode used in DOS environments, and

[Bug 464783] Re: `qemu -ncurses` 80x25 vs gnome-terminal 80x24

2010-03-01 Thread Dustin Kirkland
I'm marking the qemu-kvm task invalid as I think qemu is doing the right thing, by emulating an 80x25 console. ** Changed in: qemu-kvm (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Invalid -- gnome-terminal should default to 80x25 for application compatibility https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/464783 You

[Bug 464783] Re: `qemu -ncurses` 80x25 vs gnome-terminal 80x24

2010-03-01 Thread Dustin Kirkland
And for completeness, this is totally configurable in gnome-terminal. Edit - Profile Preferences - Default Size - 25 rows ** Summary changed: - `qemu -ncurses` 80x25 vs gnome-terminal 80x24 + gnome-terminal should default to 80x25 for application compatibility -- gnome-terminal should default