Re: Setting up new dosemu 1.3.3

[Larry Alkoff <labradley@mindspring.com>]

Mike McCarty wrote:
> Larry Alkoff wrote:
>> Claudia Neumann wrote:
>>
>>> Am Montag, 10. April 2006 19:05 schrieben Sie:
>>>
>>>> I used to run dosemu-1.2.2 and was able to get a very nice dosemu 
>>>> window
>>>> under KDE with a large 12x21 font in an 80x25 window.
>>>>
>>>> Most of my dos programs require 80x25 and my tired old eyes really need
>>>> a large font.
>>>>
>>>> How can I get the large font with dosemu-1.3.3?
>>>>
>>>> Background:
>>>>
>>>> To run dosemu-1.2.2 I had a KDE icon with the command line:
>>>> kstart /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm -geometry 80x25 -font 12x24 -e godos -x
>>>>
>>>> The xterm produced had a nice large font and 80x25 screen
>>>> with white background and,
>>>> godos is a script that runs dosemu after a two second delay
>>>> to give a large font white letter on black screen exactly the same size
>>>> and location as the xterm (convers it up).
>>>>
>>>> When the same setup runs now, it produces the large xterm, but when
>>>> dosemu runs it creates a separate small white letter on black window.
>>>> The window is 80x25 but the fonts are too small to comfortably read.
>>>>
>>>> How can I increase the larger fonts?
>>>
>>>
>>> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-msdos&m=114374588406598&w=2
>>>
>>> Claudia
>>
>>
>> Thank you very very much Claudia.  I copied your web page into my 
>> dosemu.nfo file.
>>
>> After experimenting with the fonts installed by dosemu, I simply 
>> entered the 12x24 font I liked from with 1.2.2 from 
>> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc
>> (not in /usr/local/share/dosemu/Xfonts) and it worked perfectly!
>> This makes my life a lot easier.
>>
>> Finally I'm going to be able to use my old favorite dos programs (WS 
>> SuperCalc and Q&A) without eyestrain.
>>
>> Do you have any advice for changing the white letters on black to 
>> something nicer like black letters on light background?
>>
>> Larry
>>
> 
> I have the same problem, along with the lower contrast.
> 
> Here's what I do, using the GNOME descktop manager:
> 
> (1) Start a text window
> (2) $ xterm -pc -fg white -bg black -geometry 80x25
> (3) When the window opens, in the text area...
>     CTRL-RightMouseButton->Font->HUGE
> 
> You may prefer to switch the bg/fg colors, but anyway this gives a
> nice large font with intense contrasty colors.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Mike


Mike are you using dosemu 1.2.2?
The behavior has changed.

I used to use the same method before changing to 1.3.3 with either the 
HUGE font or selecting a font in .dosemurc.

The latest version 1.3.3 does not take on the geometry and font from the 
xterm - it sets up it's own window.

The 80x25 seems to be a default - don't know it it can be changed or not 
but 80x25 works well for me.  The font selected in .dosemurc determines 
the actual window size.
I'm currently using the biggest font I can find:
$_X_font = "vga12x30"           # The biggest 11" wide x 8.5"high on 19" 
1280x1024 screen.

Larry

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