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Title: Is there a landscape mode terminal program for the 6000 ?
Post by: billo on April 18, 2004, 09:07:58 pm

Hi!  I just bought a 6000, and have been amusing myself by installing a zillion peices of old 5500 software.  So far, it\'s been pretty good -- I\'ve been running about a 90% success rate.

However, I was a little disappointed to find that the terminal programs I loaded would not rotate -- I had been looking forward to a console that didn\'t have wrapping or line-length problems!

Is there a landscape mode terminal program for the 6000 out yet?

Thanks for any pointers!

billo

Title: Is there a landscape mode terminal program for the 6000 ?
Post by: mshaver on April 19, 2004, 05:47:17 am

The standard Terminal app as well as Qkonsole rotate fine for me.

Title: Is there a landscape mode terminal program for the 6000 ?
Post by: billo on April 19, 2004, 07:58:37 am

No kidding!  I wonder what I am doing wrong, then.  I have installed Terminal and Qkonsole, and both work well in portrait mode.  However, when these come up, the \"rotation\" option from the Qt menu bar goes away, so I don\'t know *how* to rotate.  If I rotate from the menu and *then* invoke Terminal or Qkonsole, it comes up portrait and then goes back to landscape when I get out of the app.  
 
But then, I also still haven\'t figured out how to make the \"light bulb\" key rotate the screen -- the StartUp guide says it\'s *both* a light-dimming *and* rotation key, but it only dims/brightens the lights when I pushed it, and I haven\'t found a key combination that causes rotation.

Title: Is there a landscape mode terminal program for the 6000 ?
Post by: tumnus on April 19, 2004, 08:00:34 am

Tried holding the rotation key down for a second or two?

Title: Is there a landscape mode terminal program for the 6000 ?
Post by: billo on April 19, 2004, 12:09:36 pm

No joy with holding down the button...

BUT.... I did figure out one problem with the terminal -- I had installed an older version that I had downloaded from www.killefiz.de.
The one the comes on the CD rotates just fine...

billo

Title: Is there a landscape mode terminal program for the 6000 ?
Post by: jerbell on April 20, 2004, 08:45:35 pm

hold down on the qconsole icon and uncheck \"maganified\" and it will rotate too. Rotation using the light key works for me too.

Title: Is there a landscape mode terminal program for the 6000 ?
Post by: mjalkut on April 21, 2004, 05:52:33 pm

My gripe with the terminal is that I am too old to see the tiny font.  And when I try to change it, the only option is to go even smaller.  Any clues?

Title: Is there a landscape mode terminal program for the 6000 ?
Post by: mshaver on April 21, 2004, 07:18:31 pm

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My gripe with the terminal is that I am too old to see the tiny font.  And when I try to change it, the only option is to go even smaller.  Any clues?

I agree.  Some larger font options would be nice.

Title: Is there a landscape mode terminal program for the 6000 ?
Post by: Codefire on April 22, 2004, 12:50:54 pm

I read another thread where they were discussing d/ling other fonts to use with the console. You should do a search.