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[hagbard]

Hello,
I'm trying to run DF on a linux console, not a xterm-like emulated one, but on a real tty (e.g. /dev/tty1), because the ASCII-Graphics work/look way better for me on the tty. But unfortunately, no matter what I do, DF only uses 80x24 chars on the tty, despite it's a 128x37 character tty. The settings in init.txt are set to 128x37. I also set some environmental variables on that tty, without effect. It's not a problem with the tty (or ncurses, shell, etc.), because every other ncurses-program gets the resolution automatically right.
On an xterm-like (e.g. xfce/gnome-terminal) the game starts also at 80x24 (I'm not talking about the intro/start screen, but the game screen), but it gets the right resolution after I downsize the window and set it back to the desired size. On the tty there's no way to do that (resize it on the fly), DF just stays at 80x24.

So how do I get DF to use 128x37 characters on a tty? Is this even possible, or is it a bug? In my opinion DF should not only check the terminal size on a resize event, but also on the start.

[gtmattz]

The text mode functionality is a recent addition, and as such is fairly simplistic and not fully functional.  Add to this the fact that it is not even being worked on by Toady1, you really should just be happy that you can play in text mode at all.  I am sure that in future versions there will be more functionality, but for now I think it has been added simply because they got it working for the most part.

[goffrie]

Strange, since I just tried it in a tty and it works fine for me. Maybe try running it in screen or tmux?

[hagbard]

 Running it in "screen" worked, after splitting (Ctrl-a S) the screen and undoing that (Ctrl-a Q). It's an ugly workaround, though.

[Quatch]

report a bug and/or PM baugn, he was looking for bug reports the other day in the 31.08 release thread.