Bob George wrote: > > Day Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [...] > > I'm kinda conjuring up this mutant system, with a smaller dos drive, > > and a larger ext2. The ext2 goes online, acts like a firewall for the dos > > drive. And kinda wondering about a file management tool that would > > look the same, and act the same, from either os. > > Day, it sounds like you want both OS "active" at the same time, or? What sort > of hardware are you running on? I recall from way-back-when that you'd tried > DOSemu but didn't like it? It might be worth another shot, because you could > certainly have a very basic Linux system running in the back to get you online, > then "connect" to it from DOS using DOSemu. I've done this to run some > venerable old wardialing DOS software. Well, I've been fooling with some non-standard changes to the text mode colors and fonts. DOSEMU didnt like it.
> > > [...] But is there a text mode file manager of either dos or linux, that > > can make good use of 100, 120, or 160 character lines? Monitors > > are a lot bigger and sharper than when they came out with the > > default linux/dos 25x80 text mode screen. > > You probably want a Linux system configured with a "framebuffer" enabled > display. These will run fine even on basic VESA-compatible video cards. > Depending on what distribution you're using, the kernel may already be > configured this way. Someone else mentioned DN.ZIP; which I downloaded. it offers two panels like MC, but many other functions which MC lacks. I aint tried it yet, but the doc says it'll run these higher density text mode fonts. > If you put "vga=ask" in lilo.conf (assuming you're using lilo as your boot > manager), the system will stop and ask you which display mode to use. With a > bit of poking, you may well find one that fits your needs, in which case Linux > will simply run in that mode. There are tools to conver on-the-fly, but I've > not tried them, so can't offer any meaningful advice. I've read about that. But I am developing a text mode text presentation suite, which runs fine in dos because dos dont care, you dont havta be root to change the default font. I would think that there is Linux game software someplace that'd let me do this for the Linux user. I think the dosemu has the same problem. It wants 25x80. > > I kinda wonder about the fonts too. They were all designed for use on > > paper, but the screen is an emitter of light. The letters use hollow > > shapes like "abdegopq", which if filled in, might be much more > > obviously not the open shapes like "cfhkmnsuvwxyz". It's a big deal with > > printing, > when the dark uses ink. But we dont have that problem. > > The framebuffer solutions will let you use alternate fonts, but again, I've not > done it, nor is it particularly straightforward. If what I have in mind looks worthwhile in dos, I spoze some Linux guru will port it. I aint that swift with Linux. > > > And, if we had maximally readable fonts in the maximum size (cause in > > text mode it's got 100% of the screen) then we could spend more time > > leaned back, rather than hunched over squinting at the screen. If- > > what you are trying to read, why wouldnt you want as much of the text, the > > whole text, and nothing but the text- on the screen without having to > > find the scroll bar. > > I find the same when reviewing bootup screens for errors, reviewing logs etc. > > A minimal GUI with a resizable xterm should let you resize your display on the > fly. Even at 800x600 resolution (not a particularly hard target to reach), I > can resize using 10pt. courier font to get 95x35 resolution.At 1280x1024, I can > get 155x66 and still have very readable text (depending on how tired I am). A > lightweight GUI (i.e. icewm, fvwm) should come up quickly. You could have it > configured to do nothing BUT launch an xterm window, then from there launch > DOSemu. 155x66 is impressive. I'm trying to copy the look of the facing pages of an open book. Those I have seem to run 43 lines per page with 65char perline. facing pages=130, or 132 with a bit of white space between them. the 50x80 screen lets me have two columns of 39 chars, which looks like magazine or newspaper columns, and is a lot easier to read than words which run all the way across this screen. To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
