Re: [Freedos-user] How to invoke dosemu when screen less than 25 lines high
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? Try this in DOS, using the graphical xdosemu: MODE CON lines=43 MODE CON lines=16 The first line selects EGA 350 row mode and the second line selects 8x16 font, giving you 80x21 chars of text. If you now maximize your DOS window, it should be quite easy to read :-). Eric Hello Eric. Thanks very much for your suggestion above. It worked perfectly to give me a 78x21 screen. Perhaps the missing two characters were crlf. I see you wrote mode - very nicely done. The screen is now perfectly readable. I used to know about EGA back in the 70's or 80's but don't remember what an EGA 350 row mode means. Does the second line use some magic and select the font below which is on my Kubuntu laptop? /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/8x16.pcf.gz The 8x16pcf font appears to be about the same as the vga12x30 I was using but I can't see why. Thank you for your help on this and some time ago on Nansi also. Larry - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How to invoke dosemu when screen less than 25 lines high
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 your application, but you might try it. --- Larry Alkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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 is a way to change the screen parameters with stty cols 80 rows 25. How could I use stty to specify an 80x23 screen? Or should I change something else like /etc/dosemu or ~/.dosemurc? Larry - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How to invoke dosemu when screen less than 25 lines high
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 Larry escreveu: 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 your application, but you might try it. --- Larry Alkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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 is a way to change the screen parameters with stty cols 80 rows 25. How could I use stty to specify an 80x23 screen? Or should I change something else like /etc/dosemu or ~/.dosemurc? Larry - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] How to invoke dosemu when screen less than 25 lines high
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, using the graphical xdosemu: MODE CON lines=43 MODE CON lines=16 The first line selects EGA 350 row mode and the second line selects 8x16 font, giving you 80x21 chars of text. If you now maximize your DOS window, it should be quite easy to read :-). Eric - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
