[techtalk] window manager preference?

[coldfire]

> OK console heads...  I use console (well, xterms) almost exclusively
> myself.  The reason I use terms rather than the consoles is I can get more
> onto the screen.  Like, an 80x25 char display on a 19" monitor is not the
> most efficient use of real estate.  I'm writing this in a 124x47
> gnome-terminal and can read all the all of the subject lines in mutt.  So
> now, the point of these ramblings...  Can I set the console to 128x50 or
> something like that?  Had a look at stty but couldn't find anything
> helpful there.

well, you could always use video mode selection for your virtual terminals
.. but i like being able to be miles from the moniter and still see what's
going on :) ... besides, console is so geeky .. gotta love the big huge
old crappy looking letters  ;P


abe