Re: Some questions

[Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>]

On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 06:21, Thomas Winischhofer wrote:
> James Simmons wrote:
> > I disagree that fbset is the solution to all things. The problem is 
> > fbcon_resize is severally broken. The reality is that there are fixed mode 
> > resolutions (i.e. LCD displays). So fbcon has to adpat to this. What we 
> > shoudl do is set the console mode fit slightly smaller than that the 
> > actually resolution. The reason being is partially drawn fonts at the 
> > bottom of the screen would look bad. So clearing the margins also has to 
> > be fixed. This way we clean up the screen for situtations where the 
> > console screen size doesn't quite fit the resolution. This is what shoudl 
> > be done. 
> 
> Excuse me that I dare to comment on this as a total fbdev-rookie:
> 
> Please think about usability, too. Forcing people to fiddle with rows 
> and cols, requiring knowledge about font sizes and stuff is at least 
> inappropriate. Folks are used to think in resolutions, that's what they 
> understand, and that's what is most obvious. I can't imagine anyone 
> caring about the amount of rows or columns on a text screen.
> 

If you are working in a console, then you indeed need to work on rows
and columns.

> BTW: What happens currently if I instruct console to replace the current 
> font with a bigger one (if that's possible at run-time at all) ?

It will work, as the rows and columns are recalculated.

Tony




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