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Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 09:47:19 +0200
From: Stefan Weil <weil@mail.berlios.de>
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To: Frans de Boer <frans@fransdb.nl>
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Am 17.09.2010 09:15, schrieb Stefan Weil:
> Am 16.09.2010 23:56, schrieb Frans de Boer:
>> Dear Reader,
>>
>> When I switch with SHIFT-CTRL-ALT-2 to the monitor mode, the resolution
>> of the used window goes back to 640*480. There a lot of command
>> available and typing help lists then all. in one long list without pause
>> to examine the commands. Is there a way to have a help listing per
>> screen instead of one long list. It's a rather limited way to display
>> the long help list, but now I need the manual next to it which manual is
>> always out of place somewhere but not nearby when and if I need it.
>>
>> Hope to hear from one of you,
>> Regards,
>> Frans.
>
>
> * You can scroll back (using key ctrl + page up).
> * You can change the source code (vl.c, function call monitor_parse)
> * You can set a larger size for the monitor window using command
>   line options (this worked once, but I could not get it working now).
>   qemu -serial mon:vc:160Cx48C should double the monitor window size.
>
> Regards,
> Stefan
>
>

This command line creates a large monitor window (160 columns x 48 lines):

     qemu -monitor vc:160Cx48C

You can also specify the window size in pixels:

     qemu -monitor vc:1280x960 (or any size which your monitor can display)

Regards,
Stefan