On Sun, 09 Jan 2011 10:06:55 -0800 Bart Schaefer wrote: > With gnome-terminal you have to configure the desired appearance as a > Profile and use the Terminal menu. I just created one with Edit -> > Profiles... and chose to base it on the Default profile, named it > Maximize, turned off "Use the system terminal font" on the next dialog > and chose "Monospace 24" as the font, which is the largest one that > won't push part of the window off the screen. Now Terminal -> Change > Profile -> Maximize gives me a huge 80x24 terminal. Interesting. I will play with this scheme. Thanks! -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ www.melvilletheatre.com www.creekfm.com - FIFTY THOUSAND WATTS of POW WOW POWER!