Re: Increasing the screen length in Window Mode

[Paul Breeze paul.breeze@xxxxxxxx]

Dear Bob

There is a way of increasing the number of lines on the screen and
having them all show - I generally use 30 lines on a 15 LCD monitor,
for example in XY3 - but I don't think it will solve your problem.
The way to increase the number of visible screen lines I use is to
change the DOS font using a programme called FONTHT. Basically is
uses fewer pixels to draw the font and so you can fit more onto the
screen, but it is still a basic 640x400 (I think) display. If you
want to experiment I can send you a copy of the programme. It will
give you virtually any number of lines of text from around 80 to 50,
if I remember correctly, though some of them are rather gastly.

Best wishes

Paul Breeze

On Fri, 22 Feb 2002 21:54:06 -0600, Bob Zimmerman wrote:
>I have a simple question, one that I think might even have been
>answered in the past. I have tried to find the subject in the
>archives, but have been unsuccessful.
>
>First the basics: I write with Xy 3.55, using Win95. My monitor has
>a 15 inch screen (14 inch viewable), with its resolution set at 800
>x 600.
>
>I prefer writing in Xywrite with a full screen. Full screen in
>Windows, however, has its negatives. If you want to cut and paste in
>and out of a DOS document, you have to switch to window mode first
>(pressing Alt-Enter), a time wasting extra step.
>
>I have been trying to get Xywrite set up so that it can work in
>window mode and still cover my entire screen. Here is what I have
>done so far:
>
>1. Windows limits the window sizes of DOS programs. I have used the
>advice of a webpage written by Al Fasoldt (I have lost the web
>address) which suggests a way to change the settings in my
>system.ini file to give me more Dos window size options. By making
>my DOS Font size (under Properties) 10x20, I have been able to
>increase the window size somewhat, but not enough to cover the
>bottom fourth of my screen.
>
>2. I have downloaded freeware fonts from http://www.uwe-
>sieber.de/dosfon_e.html, including the program ConsoleBlackFill.exe
>which makes black the part of the screen not covered by Xywrite.
>However, in Win95 the window has a bright, white border. If I place
>that window at the top of my screen, I can hide the top and side
>borders, but the bottom window border is still visible, and very
>annoying.
>
>Here is my question:
>
>Is there some way to increase the number of lines in a Xywrite 3.55
>screen, thereby making the window size longer when Xywrite is in
>windows mode. Right now Xyrite has a vertical height of 25 lines. In
>Windows mode these 25 lines only fill about 3/4 of the screen. If I
>could add about 5 lines to the bottom of the screen, I could make
>windows mode fill the entire screen, as well as increase the amount
>of material visible to me at any time.
>
>I have tried adding the Xywrite SL=30 command to my prn file, which
>according to my Xy manual will increase the number of screen lines.
>After making this change, however, the cursor seems to be able to
>scroll down five more lines, but these extra lines are not visible.
>The cursor merely scrolls out of sight, below the ugly bottom window
>border.
>
>Is there some setting in my monitor or in Windows that I need to
>change to make the SL setting work?
>
>Or is there some setting in Windows that will allow me to fill the
>screen in some other way? I remember how someone on the xywrite
>listserv adjusted their settings so that they could use XY with a
>monitor turned so that its longest side was vertical rather than
>horizontal. If I remember correctly, they were able to see far more
>than 30 lines in this mode.
>
>I hope I have explained my problem clearly. Any help is truly
>appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Bob
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>
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-- Paul Breeze, paul.breeze@xxxxxxxx on 23/02/2002