Mail Archives: opendos/1997/02/15/10:54:23
On Sat, 15 Feb 1997 chuckh AT taconic DOT net wrote:
> On 1997-02-15 mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca said to chuckh AT taconic DOT net
> >X-Sender: root AT capslock DOT com
> >Cc: "'OpenDOS newsgroup'" <opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net>
> >On Sat, 15 Feb 1997, Colin W. Glenn wrote:
> >> > Ok, I think I see what you mean now. What about pathnames > 80
> >> > characters? We could program logic to have it switch video
> >>modes > to 132x50. :o)
> >> Uh-huh, you're merrily typing away in 80x25 and glance away from
> >>the keyboard to make sure you're hitting the right keys and then
> >>POOF! You glance up only to see that something different and you
> >>can't find your place in the screen so you spend a second or so
> >>locating the line you were typing and completely lose the
> >brilliant idea you were doing. Smart.
> >Hmmm, ok how about this: 1024x768 graphics mode. The fonts
> >start out normal size. As you get to the end of the line, if you
> >keep typing, the font width on that line changes dynamically so
> >that it stays on one line. You could set the minimum font width,
> >etc. Only then would it go to the next line. :o)
> How about letting the whole screen scroll sideways in order to keep the
> right margin visible when that happens? Sort of the way a spreadsheet slides
> to the left when you move too far to the right.
Well, I don't know about the whole screen, but maybe the LINE
that you are typing on. I think bash can do this. Anyway, I was
just joking about all of the suggestions so far.
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