Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!math.fu-berlin.de!fub!dobag.in-berlin.de!jac From: jac@dobag.in-berlin.de (Joerg Conradt) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: 50 line screen mode (Atari). Message-ID: Date: 1 Apr 91 18:13:15 GMT References: <2987@krafla.rhi.hi.is> Organization: Dobag Computer Systems Berlin Lines: 30 adamd@rhi.hi.is (Adam David) writes: >When I press F1 in minix 1.5 the cursor jumps to the left end of whatever line >it's in and enters 50 line mode. This is useful but there are 2 problems: >a) I have not been able to find how to get back into 25 line mode. >b) Some programs screw up because they think they are still working with a 25 > line screen. So far I have observed 'mined'. This is what happens: > mined comes in on the top half of the screen because it intends to work with > 25 lines only. Scrolling back and forth in a file larger than 25 lines > results in downwards-scrolling text spilling over into the lower screen area. > Repeated scrolling up and down seems to cause confusion because not only is > there spillover but also the top 25 lines (where mined has its active window) > show multiple repeated lines. The file being edited is not corrupted, it is > only the screen output. >So, what should I do to (a) get back into 25 line mode when I want to and (b) >use the 50 line mode reliably. >-- >Adam David. adamd@rhi.hi.is you can enter the 50 - lines mode by writing ESC [ 0 ~ the 25 - lines mode by writing ESC [ 1 ~ on the screen. And I suppose you'll have to change programm-sources to make them work with 50 lines at the screen. Joerg Conradt -- jac@dobag.in-berlin.de | The number of viewers watching you is Alias Joerg Conradt | proportional to the stupidity of your 1000 Berlin 41 Germany | action. ++ 0307958397 |