Re: XP--screen length--startup.int

["Adel Darwish" adel.darwish@xxxxxxxx]

try sl=47 ( or 45)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Judith Davidsen" 
To: 
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 11:17 PM
Subject: Re: XP--screen length--startup.int


> Robert--
>
> Let's see if I can answer this correctly.
>
> > You need to say what you _want_ to see. How many lines, for example.
>
> The monitor is 17" diag.
>
> I want 47 lines, which fills the screen. I can achieve this at the
> opening of each session by choosing screen length 50 in
> advanced/preferences, etc. Works fine, cursor is where it belongs, font
> is tolerable so far, text is a bit jiggly during scroll but livable so
> far. I want to be able to achieve this automatically each time I start a
> Xy session. I don't want to have to keep going through the menus.
>
> SL=50 is in my settings.dfl. I assume it got there through my using
> menus. It is not in settings on the old computer.
>
>
> > You're talking about a DOS box on the Desktop, or full screen DOS?
>
> Hmmm. Looks as though I'm still confounded by the terminology.
>
> All I can tell you is that I use start/run to open Xy. I don't use the
> shortcut on the desktop. I don't go to the C: prompt in Dos. Is this
> enough info for you to tell me which I'm doing?
>
>
> > These are two
> > entirely different problems, with different solutions. What you're
describing
> > sounds like full screen. If so, then you need to turn on screen
expansion
> > (maybe called "expand display", something like that), either in the BIOS
> > (permanent solution) or maybe using a Function key + Fkey toggle
(temporary for
> > duration of the XP session) or possibly (permanent) in the Advanced
Settings of
> > Control Panel ==> Display (it depends entirely on the display adapter --
every
> > Dell I've bought in last 4-5 years came with expansion turned off by
default --
> > possibly because, at certain resolutions, like 1024x768, it may look
terrible
> > on a certain monitor, whereas at 1400x1050 it looks great -- you gotta
play
> > with those resolution settings to see what looks good once you get
expansion
> > turned _on_).
> >
> I'm going to hold off responding to the paragraph above until I know
> whether I'm using a Dos box or full screen DOS.
>
>
> > How did you install XyWrite? If you just copied the install from
another
> > machine, was it also on C:\XY4? Because if it wasn't, then a lot of
things
> > need adjustment, and that may account for those bizarre error msgs...
>
> Copied from C: to C:.
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> Judith
>
> > R.
> >
> > -----------------------------
> > Robert Holmgren
> > holmgren@xxxxxxxx
> > -----------------------------
> >
> >
>