X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f996b,4b2656a72fb97dea X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-30 04:29:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!vtrl22!not-for-mail From: bsmith@vtrl.co.uk Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Dwarf Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 12:28:36 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Valley Technology Research Ltd, UK Lines: 44 Sender: bsmith@vtrl22.vtrl.co.uk Message-ID: <20011230120827.GB8740@vtrl22.vtrl.co.uk> References: <28122001.6931D8F1@Goldmoon.Bydgoszcz.pl> <4af01fa63eJeremy@omba.demon.co.uk> <4af029c16bJeremy@omba.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: host213-122-197-152.btinternet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: knossos.btinternet.com 1009715316 4086 213.122.197.152 (30 Dec 2001 12:28:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@knossos.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 12:28:36 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.24i Content-Disposition: inline Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:13060 On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 12:44:31AM +0000, drsquare wrote: > On Sat, 29 Dec 2001 21:16:13 +0100, in alt.ascii-art, > ("Joaquim G�ndara" ) wrote: > > >"Jeremy C B Nicoll" skrev i meddelandet > >news:4af029c16bJeremy@omba.demon.co.uk > >> In article , > >> Joaquim G�ndara wrote: > >> > "Jeremy C B Nicoll" skrev i meddelandet > >> > news:4af01fa63eJeremy@omba.demon.co.uk > >> > >> > > How long are the lines in this - they are all wrapped in my viewing > >> > > window; can anyone else see it properly? > >> > >> > I can, using a smaller font and a maximised window. > >> > >> > -jg > >> > >> I don't understand - a character has a width of "one" regardless of what > >> font it happens to be in, and my viewer window displays the standard 80 > >> characters wide. How can I make that bigger? > > > >Um. I have no idea. I meant "smaller font" as in "smaller font size". As in > >GUI. If you're in text mode, then AFAIK, there's no screen resolution higher > >than 80x50. > > You can have 130x60 or something stupid like that, but you need a quality > monitor and video card. > > -- > .. .. .' > ' ' .' ' > ':''.':':'':':''.':''. : :'':':''.':''. > : .'.' '..: : .' : .' : ''.'..: :..' : .' > : : : '..' : > : : : : > .' .' .' .' That's only is 'pure' text modes, under linux you can also do text consoles with the card in a graphics modes, like 1024x768 which gives massive consoles, using either framebuffers or svgatextmode. -- Benjamin Smith