From: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 08:51:18 -0500 (EST)
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Subject: Re: [opendos] BAD Filesystems
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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
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>    >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.  

Mike A. Harris        |             http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris
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