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Re: Horizontal scrolling while posting? (was: Re: whoop de doo)
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Sat, 8 Apr 2000 03:37:11 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Kevin Salm writes:
> In lugnet.admin.terms, Todd Lehman writes:
> > In lugnet.admin.terms, Kevin Salm writes:
> > > Now, if I could just figure out how to adjust the horizontal size of the
> > > lugnet posting window so that I can use the vertical scroll bar without a
> > > lot of horizontal scrolling.  I have a 17 inch monitor but still suffer
> > > this dilemna; I sympathize with those with even smaller display screens.
> > Hmm, that sounds very odd.  What screen resolution do you run at (640x480?)
> 
> Settings indicate 640x480.  My monitor does not support anything larger which
> sucks--unless there is some tweaking that I can do somewhere.

A 17" monitor that only goes up to 640x480?  Hmm.  Hmm.  What year was the
monitor produced?  Does it have an 18-pin VGA connector?


> > and what font size do you use (higher than 12 pt?)?
> 
> Netscape v 4.51 is set for Fixed width font Courier 10 allowing document
> specific fonts.
> Would I get better results with a different font size?

You might want to try the Lucida Sans (monospace) font at 8-pt if you have it
on your system, otherwise Terminal at 6-pt.

Have you experimented with your OS's display settings?  What video card do you
run?

--Todd



Message has 3 Replies:
  Re: Horizontal scrolling while posting? (was: Re: whoop de doo)
 
(...) I have one of these too. (which I never use for anything) (...) 1986 (...) No. But it does work with VGA via a special adaptor cable, as well as working with CGA and EGA. (remember those? :-) ) ++Lar (26 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
  Re: Horizontal scrolling while posting? (was: Re: whoop de doo)
 
(...) (640x480?) (...) which (...) Beginning to sound like I bought a cheap monitor..... Monitor is AOC Spectrum model 7Vlr 17 inch 14-pin VGA connector manufactured 2/99 purchased 5/99 Video hardware is 640x480 in True Color, RAGE IIC AGP (English) (...) (26 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
  Re: Horizontal scrolling while posting? (was: Re: whoop de doo)
 
(...) I wouldn't recommend that people use Terminal unless they don't mind translating in their heads when people use characters from the upper- 128. Terminal is an OEM font, codepage 437, like the old PC-"ANSI" BBSes used to use for their graphics. (...) (26 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)  

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(...) Settings indicate 640x480. My monitor does not support anything larger which sucks--unless there is some tweaking that I can do somewhere. (...) Netscape v 4.51 is set for Fixed width font Courier 10 allowing document specific fonts. Would I (...) (26 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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