Re: AsciiOS ;)

"'Raf256' Rafal Maj" <raf...@go2.pl> writes:

> Font used will be... good-old DOS VGA 16x8 font (80x25 text mode :)

If you look precisely you will notice, that in VGA text mode the font
is 16x9 pixel[1], and the screen is 720x400 pixel. In VGA graphics mode
you then get 16x8 pixel chars, 80x30[2] of them filling 640x480 pixel
screen.

[1] This is why multiple of the "chequered flag" >128 character next
to each other look so funny (either every 8th pixel duplicated, or
vertical space after every 8 pixels, depending on your video card).

[2] You may also want to look at using the 80x30 mode, as it gives 5
more lines. 80x50 text is usually too squashed, making art distorted.


> We will use ASCII 32..127, and mabe some other special characters >127, we
> will deside later

Only with <128 is it an ASCII-OS, else it is an PC473-OS. :-)


> .------------------------.
> |   AsciiCommander    [X]|
> |------------------------|
> |File|Command|Help       |
> |------------------------|
> |C:\union\src\>_         |
> |                        |
> |________________________|
> |files 152               |
> '------------------------'

Botton left corner change to: ` character.


> .-----------------------------------------.
> '-----------------------------------------'

Tip: leave away the 2 lines, just split with |, looks more elegant:

[START] | I Sys | ACmd |          | I 09:00

And you have 2 lines more for user data.

Same you may want to make an Mac-like one-line menu at the top of the
screen. Or at least drop the bar beween the title and the menu.

Dito the bar above the status line can be saved.


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