On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Frank Cox <theatre at 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. -- Eduardo Grosclaude Universidad Nacional del Comahue Neuquen, Argentina