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  3. March 2002

Re: Looking for the perfect 5250 client...

On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Jerome Draper wrote:

> > > The 27x132 mode is very readable.  I do all my editing in this mode.
> >
> > This is probably more a feature of the font you're using than it is the
> > emulator itself.
>
> I don't believe that it's a font issue as it is related to terminal type
> that senses the width of the data in the 5250 stream and then automagically
> switches from 80 column mode to 132 column mode.

It is a font issue.  The emulator chooses a font to display in 132 column
mode.  Allowing the user to select which font to use when displaying 132
columns permits comfortable viewing.

James Rich
james@eaerich.com

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