Re: [Freedos-user] How to invoke dosemu when screen less than 25 lines high

2008-06-09 Thread Larry Alkoff
Eric Auer wrote: Hi :-) I always use dosemu with the large vga12x30.pcf font which my old eyes can see. Apparently dosemu is trying to use an 80x25 screen that won't fit. True, but usually it is better to use a BIOS style font anyway... How could I use stty to specify an 80x23 screen?

[Freedos-user] How to invoke dosemu when screen less than 25 lines high

2008-06-05 Thread Larry Alkoff
I'm using Kubuntu Hardy Heron on a Dell laptop which has a wide screen. I always use dosemu with the large vga12x30.pcf font which my old eyes can see. When I invoke dosemu, the bottom 2 or 3 lines are chopped off. Apparently dosemu is trying to use an 80x25 screen that won't fit. I know there

Re: [Freedos-user] How to invoke dosemu when screen less than 25 lines high

2008-06-05 Thread Larry
You could make a command that launches an xterm then runs dosemu. To start an xterm with some specific number of columns and lines, use the -geometry option. For example: xterm -geometry 80x20 -e dosemu launches dosemu in an 80 column by 20 line display. I don't know if this is adequate for

Re: [Freedos-user] How to invoke dosemu when screen less than 25 lines high

2008-06-05 Thread Alain M.
IMHO, if this works, you will have problems with most dos programs... Couldn't you find a font that is just a bit smaller? you would get less problems. OTOH, you could use that same font in dosemu configuration. Please keep us informed, I am particularly interested in this topic :) Alain

Re: [Freedos-user] How to invoke dosemu when screen less than 25 lines high

2008-06-05 Thread Eric Auer
Hi :-) I always use dosemu with the large vga12x30.pcf font which my old eyes can see. Apparently dosemu is trying to use an 80x25 screen that won't fit. True, but usually it is better to use a BIOS style font anyway... How could I use stty to specify an 80x23 screen? Try this in DOS,