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| Dustin Kirkland (kirkland) wrote Re: `qemu -ncurses` 80x25 vs gnome-terminal 80x24 | #3 |
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From my little perspective, it seems like it would be nice if gnome-terminal defaulted to 80x25. A quick search and a read of wikipedia seems to indicate that 80x25 is the most common format:
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"By far the most common text mode used in DOS environments, and initial Windows consoles, is the default 80 columns by 25 rows, or 80×25, with 16 colors. This mode was available on practically all IBM and compatible personal computers. All 80×25 modes also had a virtual 80×24 mode, used by some applications that needed a status bar on the last row, like terminal emulators. In reality, it was the same 80×25 mode, but restrained by software to make the last row unaccesible."
I'll copy the bug over to gnome-terminal, but I don't really want to get in the middle of flamewar about something like this.