> > Is there a way to work in debian, outside of > X-windows, using a text layout other than that > awful, klunky 80-column x 25-row VGA arrangement? >
Others have replied here (using the vga=ask lilo flag, framebuffer if supported, SVGAmode, etc) > Eg., in DOS one could opt for smaller characters > using the 'mode' command, and achieve 50 lines x > 132 chars. consolechars does that IIRC (or some related command); doesn't increase the size of the screen but changes the font size. > > Better yet would be a crude windowing system > that works entirely in text mode (eg., similar > to some pre-Win-3.1 tools from the mid 1980s.) > > Try twin. It's packaged and I think it's what you are looking for here. It's a windowing system totally text-based and that works with the mouse (with gpm I think). Cheers, fsm -- Frederico S. Muñoz Cap Gemini Ernst & Young : [EMAIL PROTECTED] IIES : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian Project: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Ever noticed something? Unix comes with compilers. Windows comes with Solitaire. ** -Adep
