At 10:58 AM 10/18/2002 -0400, Mike Ramsour wrote:
A user has asked if there is a way to increase the number of lines displayed
at the R>. Using SET LINES 50 works, of course, but then you lose any
column headings. A year or two back Razzak showed a setting something like
SET BIGWINDOW that allowed you to specify the number of lines displayed
while retaining the column headings. I've done some digging but I can come
up with the correct syntax or perhaps it was an undocumented feature that
has since been deactivated.
This was a nice feature that was very handy with today's high resolution
monitors. Is this feature still available?
Mike,
The "Big R>" feature was introduced on January 28, 2001 with the release of
The Glorious R:BASE 2000 (ver 6.5++) , Build: 1.840axRT03 for Windows.
The "BIG R>" Window allows you to increase the width and lines.
Here is how it works. When the R> screen gets created it will be
sized based on the current values for LINES and WIDTH, but never
smaller than 25 rows and 80 columns (the current default). If
you change the LINES or WIDTH setting at the R> then you need to
close the R> windows and re-create it to see the effect. You can
of course change the LINES and WIDTH setting in the CFG file at
startup. We have found it works best when you make sure the
actual LINES setting will fit on your screen without any vertical
scroll bars. Having the WIDTH wider than the actual screen simply
means that you might have to use the horizontal scroll bars to
see everything. So far this enhance has been made with very few
changes to the actual code, but it seems to work pretty well.
Play with it and let us know what you think. For people who like
a lot of real estate on their screen, seeing lots of rows and
columns from a SELECT is great.
Example:
With a screen resolution of 1024x768:
CONNECT Concomp
SELECT * FROM Employee
(You will only see the results up to 80 columns wide)
Now, at the R> prompt, type:
SET WIDTH 120
Click on File > Close Window
Click on R> prompt icon from toolbar options
SELECT * FROM Employee
(You should see the difference with more displayed data)
Note: Increased WIDTH will provide you with horizontal scroll
bar to display more data.
Try the same logic with SET LINES xx option to display more
data vertically!
Enjoy the cool features in 6.5++ and make sure to have fun!
Very Best Regards,
Razzak.
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