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Re: usable rows in console
From: |
Marco Gerards |
Subject: |
Re: usable rows in console |
Date: |
Sat, 14 Feb 2004 01:34:16 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) |
m_m <mm.e3p@email.it> writes:
> M. Gerards <metgerards <at> student.han.nl> writes:
>> If you use a smaller font you will get more lines I think (I'm not sure
>> if this patch is already commited or not...).
>>
> really if now I use a smaller font, I've a smaller screen :))
Right. But you need to change the number of lines in the console
server too, otherwise there is no support for this...
>> Which videocard do you have, btw?
>>
> two:
> intel daytona i740 8 mb ram
> nvidia geforce2 mx 32 mb ram
It is hard to support highres textmodes on the nvidia...
> mmh, i think that we can edit in the same way on xterm in the GUI as in
> console
> but, working, the xterms and workspaces give more flexibility and so a windows
> manager is better that the console : the problem is about the security because
> the windowsmanagers run only as root.
Why only as root? On GNU/Linux I run windowmanagers as a normal user.
> This is the _problem_, IMHO ... i know that for the GNU Hurd developers i'm
> only
> the standard foolish home-user for free-software platform, and this is true
> too!
Oh, I would not say that.
--
Marco