Actually, I wish kudos for vendors that recognize we might have bigger screens.
Let me explain.
Since being fortunate enough to have a 17" screen on my PC, running at
1024x768 resolution, I am thankful to the folks at WRQ and Robelle whose
software let's me take benefit of this to be more efficient. With
Reflection, I can set my screen display to 45 lines rather than 24, and
Qedit lets me set screen size for both jump and visual mode. Lengthen the
window a bit (since I have a bigger desktop/workspace anyway), and the fonts
appear the same size as in 24 line mode. Voila! I'm glad these folks
didn't take the line (!) that 24 lines is a 'standard'.
So I would like to encourage other vendors not to make 24 lines a fixed
feature of their software. Use a JCW, an environment variable, a profile,
anything. I certainly would like it if MPE :PRINT and :HELP could recognize
my larger page size. Conversely, many vendors assume that screens have no
(or should that be unlimited) pagelength, and don't pause output at all.
Okay, I can scroll backwards later, but I would prefer if Query for example,
when doing a REPORT to screen paused at the end of each (user-defined
length) page.
Anyway, just a public thanks, and a hint for other vendors.
Cheers.
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