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From: vince@tc.fluke.COM (Craig Johnson)
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Subject: Re: 132 column window on 7300?
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Date: Mon, 23-Nov-87 14:08:58 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 23 14:08:58 1987
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Summary: 120 column limit and backspace problem

In article <1406@rtech.UUCP>, daveb@llama.rtech.UUCP (Dave Brower) writes:
> Does anyone have a handy script that will fire up a window using the
> small font, allowing either 132 columns full screen, or a less than full
> screen 80 column window?

I've had some success with getting the 7300 to display different fonts
using the information I got from the FONTS package from THE STORE!
However, I don't think you will have success with getting a 132
character display working unless you find a way to display proportional
fonts.  The reason being that the 7300 display is only 720 pixels
wide.  When you consider a character like "m" needs 6 pixels width to
display the character plus leave a gap between it and the next character,
then the 7300 is only capable of displaying 120 character columns.  Of
course, if you don't mind sacrificing readability you could create a
font mashed down to 5 pixels wide, then you would get 144 columns.

If you have received PCAL (the program they send you after you return
the warrantee information card) then you have received a 120 character
font.  It comes with it.  If you can't get the FONTS package from THE
STORE or have problems working with it I will do what I can to answer
your mailed questions.

So far I'm reasonably satisfied with the ability to display 120
characters.  It certainly is an improvement over 80 when you need more
width.  My problem has been that the command line editting does not
work well because the BACKSPACE key backs the cursor up, not just 6
pixels as needed, but 9 pixels as though there were an 80 column
display.  I think I saw this discussed many months ago on comp.sys.att,
but don't recall that anyone had a solution for it.  Perhaps someone
else remembers whether this was solved.


	Craig V. Johnson
	John Fluke Mfg. Co.
	Everett, WA