From 522911299d1c2fdb41ac58eb723fe2178cbcd753 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joseph Pranevich Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 16:41:29 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add information about the new wine.conf options. --- documentation/console | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- wine.ini | 4 +++- 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/console b/documentation/console index 14dbcc28f02..4365b556caf 100644 --- a/documentation/console +++ b/documentation/console @@ -127,23 +127,34 @@ II. Wine.conf Configuration XtermProg= Use this program instead of xterm. This eliminates the need for a - recompile. + recompile. See the table below for a comparison of various + terminals. - XtermResolution=x + InitialRows= - (Example: XtermResolution=80x25) - Start your xterm program with this text resolution. 80x25 is - recommended, a NULL value will mean to use the terminal's default - resolution, determined however your specific terminal figures - that out. Most console-based programs expect eother 80x25 or - 80x40 displays. + Attempt to start all drivers with this number of rows. This + causes xterms to be resized, for instance. - Note: The default for many terminals is 80x24. One row smaller - than what the console subsystem generally expects. - - Note 2: This information is passed on the command-line with the + Note: This information is passed on the command-line with the -g switch. + InitialColumns= + + Attempt to start all drivers with this number of columns. This + causes xterms to be resized, for instance. + + Note: This information is passed on the command-line with the + -g switch. + + TerminalType= + + Tell any driver that is interested (ncurses) which termcap + and/or terminfo type to use. The default is xterm which is + appropiate for most uses. "nxterm" may give you better support + if you use that terminal. This can also be changed to + "linux" (or "console" on older systems) if you manage to hack + the ability to write to the console into this driver. + III. Terminal Types There are a large number of potential terminals that can be used with @@ -162,6 +173,5 @@ III. Terminal Types As X terminals typically use a 24x80 screen resolution rather than the typical 25x80 one, it is necessary to resize the screen to allow a DOS - program to work full-screen. Soon, I will add an option to the - configuration to set this up at run time. On the fly resizing will - still be disabled however. + program to work full-screen. There is a wine.conf option to work + around this in some cases but run-time resizing will be disabled. diff --git a/wine.ini b/wine.ini index 6d93377a040..4234bcacdc1 100644 --- a/wine.ini +++ b/wine.ini @@ -93,4 +93,6 @@ Startup= [Console] ;XtermProg=nxterm -;XtermResolution=80x25 +;InitialRows=25 +;InitialColumns=80 +;TerminalType=nxterm