Hello
On Thu, 11 Apr 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... >> Is there a way to prevent tn5250 from using Terminal as default >> (at least if ccsid 37 is not used)? I know now that I MUST set >> a font, but someone just trying tn5250 (and not using an >> command line option) would think it is still to bugy to use >> (This was my first impression too). > >Sorry about that. You have to understand that I'm from the United >States, and I don't have any way to test the character sets from other >countries. That's why I'm so lucky to have people like you, Marek and >Elias to help me test it! > >So, which font would you recommend? Courier New? Courier New is not a beauty, but the only one that is avaliable on every Windows, in the relevant codepage and has a fixed width. >> There is a second (minor) problem: >> When I use >> tn5250 font_80="Courier New" font_132="Courier New" +resize_fonts >> and maximize the window, only a vew pixels of the last line >> are visible (using 1024x768). > >Here's what it does: > > 1) TN5250 takes the size of the window and divides it by the > number of columns, and rows to figure out how big of a > character we need. > > 2) It then asks Windows to create a font in the size that > we need. > > 4) Windows will pick the closest size that the font supports. > > 5) We then resize the window to the size font that Windows > gave us. > >The problem seems to be that Windows is picking a larger font than the >size that we requested, and it causes the TN5250 window to be too big >for the screen. > >This is one of those non-intuitive things that made me want to get rid >of the +resize_fonts capability in the first place :) Could this be compensated by some extra space (a few pixels) between the lines? If windows picks a font thas is bigger than expected that space can be dropped. If the font is smaller some more space could be added. Dietmar _______________________________________________ This is the Linux 5250 Development Project (LINUX5250) mailing list To post a message email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/linux5250 or email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/linux5250.
