On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Frank Cox theatre@sasktel.net wrote:
On Sun, 09 Jan 2011 02:53:02 -0500 JohnS wrote: I wrote a program that manages classified ads. It's designed to run on an 80x24 screen size with ncurses and it currently runs in gnome-terminal.
When a customer comes in with a question or change to their ads, the people who use the program would like to be able to maximize the size of the terminal window and have the text size increase to match the window size so they can show the customer what his ad looks like from the other side of the counter.
How about running your app under 'screen', then fire up a second gnome-terminal and attach to it with 'screen -x'. Zoom in as desired with regular control-+ sequences. Then minimize and keep it lurking. When user wants to show big text, temporarily switches to the hidden screen and then back again. Probably too contrived? Not "infinite", though.