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I HAVE GOUT
Nov 23, 2017
Big terminal vs. small terminal. Which do u prefer?
Do u like your cmd line to consume the entire screen, or do u like to keep things compact so you can use screen space for other things too (multitasking)?

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Jonny 290
May 5, 2005



[ASK] me about OS/2 Warp
if you dont fluidly command + and command - to change the size depending on if youre presenting or doing work, gtfo

I HAVE GOUT
Nov 23, 2017

Jonny 290 posted:

if you dont fluidly command + and command - to change the size depending on if youre presenting or doing work, gtfo

When im presenting, i make it small so the resizing across the meeting tool makes it blurry and unreadable for others. And when im working, i make it big because i just like it that way #NuffSaid

pram
Jun 10, 2001
i use a medium sized terminal i guess

DaTroof
Nov 16, 2000

CC LIMERICK CONTEST GRAND CHAMPION
There once was a poster named Troof
Who was getting quite long in the toof
big when i'm presenting and small when i'm in the pool

I HAVE GOUT
Nov 23, 2017

DaTroof posted:

big when i'm presenting and small when i'm in the pool

Costanza computing

The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?
my working terminals are about 120 characters wide and 60 lines tall. this is usually sufficient to see my long, hard command lines and output.

I HAVE GOUT
Nov 23, 2017

pram posted:

i use a medium sized terminal i guess

Read the OP idiot. U can only pick small or big.

Share Bear
Apr 27, 2004

Jonny 290 posted:

if you dont fluidly command + and command - to change the size depending on if youre presenting or doing work, gtfo

ya this but command 0 to reset back to *checks config* menlo regular 14pt

The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?

Share Bear posted:

menlo regular 14pt

nice

Jonny 290
May 5, 2005



[ASK] me about OS/2 Warp
droid sans mono, oddly enough. /shrug

pram
Jun 10, 2001

Share Bear posted:

ya this but command 0 to reset back to *checks config* menlo regular 14pt

same but 15

pram
Jun 10, 2001
solarized too

There Will Be Penalty
May 18, 2002

Makes a great pet!
big terminal?


or small terminal?

pram
Jun 10, 2001
lol thats not small

Share Bear
Apr 27, 2004

solarized dark is very good
solarized light is good but not as good as dark

There Will Be Penalty
May 18, 2002

Makes a great pet!

pram posted:

lol thats not small



that televideo is a pt100, it weighs 14 pounds, and a vt220 weighs 30.5 including keyboard.

Salt Fish
Sep 11, 2003

Cybernetic Crumb
The most common reason for needing a big terminal window is being bad at filtering output down to what's needed.

akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

There Will Be Penalty posted:

that televideo is a pt100, it weighs 14 pounds

that's not too bad. it looks pretty sweet

vodkat
Jun 30, 2012



cannot legally be sold as vodka

pram posted:

solarized too



exactly the same

suffix
Jul 27, 2013

Wheeee!
bitmap font and 10000 lines of history

Bored Online
May 25, 2009

We don't need Rome telling us what to do.
i like em with small terminal

kdrudy
Sep 19, 2009

I don't know what you heard, but I've been assured my terminal is a perfectly average size.

akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFMQ1qT_RFM&t=15s
i like em big and loud, op

RISCy Business
Jun 17, 2015

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Fun Shoe
i have multiple monitors at work and i have my terminal full screen on my laptop screen op

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
I never ever have a use for the terminal so you all can eat my brown nuggs

akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

echinopsis posted:

I never ever have a use for the terminal so you all can eat my brown nuggs

:ins:

There Will Be Penalty
May 18, 2002

Makes a great pet!

echinopsis posted:

I never ever have a use for the terminal so you all can eat my brown nuggs

lmbo if you don't export TERM=dumb

pram
Jun 10, 2001

echinopsis posted:

I never ever have a use for the terminal so you all can eat my brown nuggs

look at this normie smdh

Gazpacho
Jun 18, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
Slippery Tilde
big terminal but also big font which makes it effectively small

Gazpacho
Jun 18, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
Slippery Tilde
tomorrow i'm gonna set my terminal as close to 25x40 as i can get it and use that full screen the whole day

Gazpacho
Jun 18, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
Slippery Tilde
not a toxx btw

George
Nov 27, 2004

No love for your made-up things.
80-line mode

ADINSX
Sep 9, 2003

Wanna run with my crew huh? Rule cyberspace and crunch numbers like I do?


was really hoping the close up reveal would be the "What the gently caress did you just loving say about me" text

Shaggar
Apr 26, 2006
if you are using a terminal it means you have hosed up so you want the terminal small to hide your shame.

ADINSX
Sep 9, 2003

Wanna run with my crew huh? Rule cyberspace and crunch numbers like I do?

I like my terminals big as hell btw. I full screen that poo poo and put it on one of my (also big) monitors. Homebrew theme but i rock the amberpos

Bloody
Mar 3, 2013

i like my terminal to be one half of one monitor. then i can have two side-by-side if im desperate, or a web browser or chat application on the other half of that monito

carry on then
Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

(and can't post for 10 years!)

The Management posted:

my working terminals are about 120 characters wide and 60 lines tall. this is usually sufficient to see my long, hard command lines and output.

literally this

sf mono 11

Ellie Crabcakes
Feb 1, 2008

Stop emailing my boyfriend Gay Crungus

I like big terminals and I cannot lie

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SYSV Fanfic
Sep 9, 2003

by Pragmatica
Big. How else is everyone going to see how good at computer I am.

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