From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from 24-148-111-2.ip.mhcable.com ([24.148.111.2] helo=smtp.mhcable.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1C7trL-0000S6-00 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 06:51:27 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by deliver.mhcable.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E33D4E7287 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 02:43:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp.mhcable.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (VaMailArmor-2.0.1.16) id 06733-07C72B6E; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 02:43:55 -0400 Received: from greenport.net (24-105-197-112.cm.mhcable.com [24.105.197.112]) by smtp.mhcable.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33AE2E7287 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 02:43:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from greenport.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by greenport.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i8GApMwd002848 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 06:51:23 -0400 Received: from localhost (chuckh@localhost) by greenport.net (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) with ESMTP id i8GApKOJ002845 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 06:51:21 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: greenport.net: chuckh owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 06:51:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Hallenbeck Sender: chuckh@greenport.net To: Speakup Distribution List Message-ID: X-OpenPGP-Fingerprint: 0C589180D4496F1544BAB4308355D1BC33DC7DB46 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-AntiVirus: checked by Vexira MailArmor (version: 2.0.1.16; VAE: 6.27.0.10; VDF: 6.27.0.63; host: smtp.mhcable.com) Cc: Subject: more data on screen 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, 16 Sep 2004 10:51:28 -0000 This is a progress report that might encourage others to experiment: I changed my lilo.conf to use the line vga = 791 instead of vga = normal and then rebooted. I now have a 128 by 48 character display. When I checked to see which applications were working correctly with the new screen size, I found that lynx, pine, nano, mutella, less, and the man pages, all were correctly resized to the new screen size. My text reader, rita the reader, had to have its rita.cfg file changed to the new screen parameters, but hey, that's a home made amateur program. So far I see no down side to this new setup. As for nano, I invoke it with a line length limit of 72 chars, so that it wraps at that point, but without that command line option it too would use the entire 128 char width. I will retain the 72 char width to facilitate printing and emailing. I am happy as a clam. Chuck -- The Moon is Waxing Crescent (4% of Full) Home page at http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh Speakfreely address 24.105.197.112:2074