On Thu, Dec 21, 2000 at 10:42:44PM -0500, John P. Verel wrote:
> I'd like to change the font, characters per line and lines on the screen
> when in console mode. I gather that setting the TERM environment
> variable may be the way to do this. However, finding an alternative
No, I don't think so.
The TERM environment tells the system what your terminal IS, not what
you WANT it to be. You can't change your system's terminal characteristics
by changing the TERM environment, you'll only cause programs that use
your terminal to misbehave because they think it is a terminal that it
isn't, with characteristics different from what they actually are.
What you may be able to do is to set the LINES and COLS environments,
though.
I'm not clear on one thing: Are you talking about a LInux console (i.e.,
text-mode console) or are you talking about a terminal window when
running X ?
If the latter, all you need to do is to stretch the window, and the
system should send a signal (SIGWINCH, I believe) to whatever applications
are running in that window to tell them about the window's new size.
Fred
> description for my machine is proving daunting. My hardware is a Dell
> Precision Workstation 220 with a Sony UltraScan P991 19" monitor and
> Diamond Viper V770D Video Card. I'm running RedHat7, out of the box
> installation. Any suggestions?
>
> John P. Verel
> Norwalk, CT
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