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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!hookup!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!news.bc.net!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!news.ucalgary.ca!news From: gord@enci.ucalgary.ca (Gord Matzigkeit) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 43/50 line modes with pcvt? Date: 26 Nov 1995 22:40:29 -0700 Organization: Civil Engineering, University of Calgary Lines: 46 Sender: gord@enci.ucalgary.ca Message-ID: <nphgzqlinm.fsf@enci.ucalgary.ca> References: <48qq1g$p6_001@ornews.intel.com> <ETXOFSN.95Nov23102951@sim15.aom.ericsson.se> Reply-To: Gord Matzigkeit <gord@enci.ucalgary.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: @casual1.enci.ucalgary.ca In-reply-to: etxofsn@sim15.aom.ericsson.se's message of 23 Nov 1995 09:29:51 GMT X-Attribution: Gord To: etxofsn@sim15.aom.ericsson.se (Olof Samuelsson FK/M Orust 6546) X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.0.8 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hi! >>>>> Olof Samuelsson FK/M Orust 6546 writes: Olof> In article <48qq1g$p6_001@ornews.intel.com> Olof> jesseb@ornews.intel.com (Jesse Brandeburg) writes: >> I would like to run one or all of my console (virtual) terminals >> in (VGA) 43 or 50 line mode. I have a VGA adapter that I know can >> do it, and I just want to know how, or if its even possible! :-) Olof> i) load the necessary fonts Olof> loadfont -c 1 -f /usr/share/misc/pcvtfonts/vt220l.808 Olof> loadfont -c 2 -f /usr/share/misc/pcvtfonts/vt220h.808 Olof> ii) use 'scon' Olof> scon -s 43 or scon -s 50 This works like a charm, but the cursor is not displayed in 43 or 50 line mode (actually, it is not displayed when I use vt220l.808... it works with vt220l.814, though). Is there any way to get a 80x50 screen with a nicely displayed cursor? I'm using 2.1.0, - --Gord - -- Gord Matzigkeit | Jaques Cousteau loved programming in assembler. gord@enci.ucalgary.ca | PGP mail preferred... finger me for my key. Keyprint: D5 66 08 E0 4D F4 D7 7B 8A C8 8A 9C 7F 39 25 A7 - ID 339ABEB9 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.4, an Emacs/PGP interface iQCVAwUBMLlPRiFsfCEzmr65AQHLXgP8CF8FSpxTH/CbSawS0rORTCxytbRpQkd9 onNz1SwS7i0jKNfOEtAsTTPpeMbsx/kyGFfE6WBKpi8F1xClEVddMAPAXlPGUNW7 qGte5AX/WYvDV1gvZBbLfrBBcJlJ9K7Tn+ogu2oPcoGVuOsEnKJ1mT/fVSdC/9uY Mr3AHmkUGtU= =xot/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----