From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ip15.shellworld.net ([64.49.204.174] helo=server2.shellworld.net ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1EFzZR-00005m-00 for ; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 15:38:57 -0400 Received: from cyndi.freedomchat.org (d122.as1.dytn.oh.core.com [207.90.102.123]) by server2.shellworld.net (8.12.10/8.12.8) with ESMTP id j8FJcgOa028330 for ; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 19:38:43 GMT (envelope-from ace@freedomchat.org) Message-Id: <6.2.5.4.0.20050915153746.0326b170@freedomchat.org> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.5.4 (Beta) Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 15:38:39 -0400 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." From: ace In-Reply-To: <20050915114648.GA1658@hhs48.com> References: <20050915114648.GA1658@hhs48.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 0537-1, 09/14/2005), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Subject: Re: screen parameters per user X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 19:38:58 -0000 I have been thinking it would be neat to have the same type of thing available in Speakup--instead of system-wide speech parameters, we could have user-specific. I guess this could be accomplished if we made /proc/speakup accessible to all users then putting a script in each user's home directory. At 07:46 AM 9/15/2005, you wrote: >Hi all, > >I have never seen any references to this, but on the chance that someone >has run across it, I would like to ask this: > >Is there a way to have different screen parameters (columns and lines) >on a per user basis in Linux? I have become very attached to my enlarged >screen, 132 by 60, but would like to allow access to a user account via >ssh for someone who will not be comfortable with those dimensions. Is >there any way to revert to an 80 by 25 screen just for that user, or for >that session, without reverting to those figures for the whole system? > >Any ideas or opinions appreciated. Ideas preferred of course, but >opinions welcome too. > >Chuck > >-- >The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (90% of Full) >But you can still get downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh >or you could Jabber me, using JID chuckh@hhs48.com > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup