[techtalk] window manager preference?

[psyche]

On Fri, 18 May 2001, Conor Daly wrote:

> 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.
> 
> TIA
> 
> Conor
> -- 

I just managed to do it with 'stty cols 128 rows 50'.  Of course it was
near-unreadable on my small monitor, but hopefully that will work for
you. :)  

psyche