[CentOS] Terminal with variable sized font

[Eduardo Grosclaude]

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.

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Eduardo Grosclaude
Universidad Nacional del Comahue
Neuquen, Argentina