Re: removing the echo area

[Kevin Rodgers]

Tim X wrote:
> Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> writes:
> > Do you mean you are running your program from Emacs via `M-x term'?
> > That should set up the terminal so that your program can query the
> > terminal configuration and display properly.
>
> I think the OPs problem is they are running it from a console rather
> than under X. 

They may be running Emacs in a console, a terminal emulator, or under
several window systems -- the OP didn't say.  But regardless, shouldn't
`M-x term /my/program RET' do the right thing?

> One way around would be to configure the console to use a smaller font
> so that you get more than the 25x80 you get with default font size. Of
> course, how useful this is would depend on how large your monitor is.
> Under Linux, this can be configured via LILO at boot time. Not sure
> about other boot loaders like grub etc.

--
Kevin