Reflect (even ancient) changes, that have come up since this article

had been imported, in the 60-lines part.

PR:		18954
Submitted by:	Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org>
Reviewed by:	asmodai
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Alexander Langer 2000-06-20 11:30:11 +00:00
parent 85076c4905
commit 195bf8e935
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-08 03:00:23 +00:00
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<!-- $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/fonts/article.sgml,v 1.6 1999/10/10 18:08:15 jhb Exp $ -->
<!-- $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/fonts/article.sgml,v 1.7 1999/10/10 18:35:50 jhb Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<!DOCTYPE ARTICLE PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD DocBook V3.1-Based Extension//EN" [
<!ENTITY % man PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES DocBook Manual Page Entities//EN">
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and I would welcome being corrected.
-->
<!-- The section "Setting a virtual console to 80x60 line mode" was
updated to reflect changes in FreeBSD system configuration
files by Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> 27/5/00
-->
<article>
<artheader>
<title>Fonts and FreeBSD</title>
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<sect1>
<title>Setting a virtual console to 80x60 line mode</title>
<para>First, a 8x8 font must be loaded.
<filename>/etc/sysconfig</filename> should contain the
lines:</para>
<para>First, an 8x8 font must be loaded. To do this,
<filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> should contain the
line (change the font name to an appropriate one for
your locale):</para>
<informalexample>
<programlisting># Choose font 8x8 from /usr/share/syscons/fonts/* (or NO for default)
font8x8=/usr/share/syscons/fonts/cp437-8x8.fnt
<programlisting>font8x8="iso-8x8" # font 8x8 from /usr/share/syscons/fonts/* (or NO).
</programlisting>
</informalexample>
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</informalexample>
<para>Various screen orientated programs, such as &man.vi.1, must
be able to determine the current screen dimensions. These can
be set with &man.stty.1;:</para>
<informalexample>
<screen>bash$ <userinput>stty crt rows 60 columns 80</userinput>
</screen>
</informalexample>
be able to determine the current screen dimensions. As this is
achieved this through <command>ioctl</command> calls to the console
driver (such as &man.syscons.4) they will correctly determine the new
screen dimensions.</para>
<para>To make this more seamless, one can embed these commands in
the startup scripts so it takes place when the system boots.
One way to do this is:</para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Modify <filename>/etc/sysconfig</filename> as
above</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Add to <filename>/etc/rc.local</filename>:</para>
To do this is add this line to <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>
</para>
<informalexample>
<programlisting>for tty in /dev/ttyv?
do
vidcontrol VGA_80x60 &lt;$tty &gt;/dev/null 2&gt;&amp;1
done
<programlisting>allscreens_flags="VGA_80x60" # Set this vidcontrol mode for all virtual screens
</programlisting>
</informalexample>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Add to <filename>/etc/profile</filename>:</para>
<informalexample>
<programlisting>TTYNAME=`basename \`tty\``
if expr "$TTYNAME" : 'ttyv' &gt;/dev/null
then
stty crt rows 60 columns 80
fi
</programlisting>
</informalexample>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
<para>References: &man.stty.1;, &man.vidcontrol.1;.</para>
<para>References: &man.rc.conf.5;, &man.vidcontrol.1;.</para>
</sect1>
<sect1>

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<!-- $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/fonts/article.sgml,v 1.6 1999/10/10 18:08:15 jhb Exp $ -->
<!-- $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/fonts/article.sgml,v 1.7 1999/10/10 18:35:50 jhb Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<!DOCTYPE ARTICLE PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD DocBook V3.1-Based Extension//EN" [
<!ENTITY % man PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES DocBook Manual Page Entities//EN">
@ -22,6 +22,11 @@
and I would welcome being corrected.
-->
<!-- The section "Setting a virtual console to 80x60 line mode" was
updated to reflect changes in FreeBSD system configuration
files by Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> 27/5/00
-->
<article>
<artheader>
<title>Fonts and FreeBSD</title>
@ -219,13 +224,13 @@
<sect1>
<title>Setting a virtual console to 80x60 line mode</title>
<para>First, a 8x8 font must be loaded.
<filename>/etc/sysconfig</filename> should contain the
lines:</para>
<para>First, an 8x8 font must be loaded. To do this,
<filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> should contain the
line (change the font name to an appropriate one for
your locale):</para>
<informalexample>
<programlisting># Choose font 8x8 from /usr/share/syscons/fonts/* (or NO for default)
font8x8=/usr/share/syscons/fonts/cp437-8x8.fnt
<programlisting>font8x8="iso-8x8" # font 8x8 from /usr/share/syscons/fonts/* (or NO).
</programlisting>
</informalexample>
@ -238,51 +243,22 @@ font8x8=/usr/share/syscons/fonts/cp437-8x8.fnt
</informalexample>
<para>Various screen orientated programs, such as &man.vi.1, must
be able to determine the current screen dimensions. These can
be set with &man.stty.1;:</para>
<informalexample>
<screen>bash$ <userinput>stty crt rows 60 columns 80</userinput>
</screen>
</informalexample>
be able to determine the current screen dimensions. As this is
achieved this through <command>ioctl</command> calls to the console
driver (such as &man.syscons.4) they will correctly determine the new
screen dimensions.</para>
<para>To make this more seamless, one can embed these commands in
the startup scripts so it takes place when the system boots.
One way to do this is:</para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Modify <filename>/etc/sysconfig</filename> as
above</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Add to <filename>/etc/rc.local</filename>:</para>
To do this is add this line to <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>
</para>
<informalexample>
<programlisting>for tty in /dev/ttyv?
do
vidcontrol VGA_80x60 &lt;$tty &gt;/dev/null 2&gt;&amp;1
done
<programlisting>allscreens_flags="VGA_80x60" # Set this vidcontrol mode for all virtual screens
</programlisting>
</informalexample>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Add to <filename>/etc/profile</filename>:</para>
<informalexample>
<programlisting>TTYNAME=`basename \`tty\``
if expr "$TTYNAME" : 'ttyv' &gt;/dev/null
then
stty crt rows 60 columns 80
fi
</programlisting>
</informalexample>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
<para>References: &man.stty.1;, &man.vidcontrol.1;.</para>
<para>References: &man.rc.conf.5;, &man.vidcontrol.1;.</para>
</sect1>
<sect1>