From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Larry Alkoff Subject: Re: Setting up new dosemu 1.3.3 Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:12:43 -0500 Message-ID: <443C29DB.3000504@mindspring.com> References: <443A9041.4080104@mindspring.com> <200604102225.44620.dr.claudia.neumann@gmx.de> <443ACAD5.2090907@mindspring.com> <443BE570.60005@sbcglobal.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <443BE570.60005@sbcglobal.net> Sender: linux-msdos-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Mike McCarty Cc: dosemu 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 -- Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX Using Thunderbird on Slackware Linux