is there a setting to open the window in full screen?
[size=1][ April 14, 2003, 01:28 PM: Message edited by: Brian T. Pence ][/size]
You can get *almost* full screen by going to Options->Properties->Appearance and switching off scrollbars, tool bar, and status bar. When you maximize, the only thing that is left, then, is the title bar of the window and the menu bar. And, if you want to maintain the screen dimensions (say 80x24 screen), you should choose 'Fixed Size' on Options->Properties->VT Options before you maximize.
Is this close enough or are you looking for an entirely full-screen terminal window?
Did this help?
I'm still experimenting. Actually I want to keep the scrollbar & toolbar so the options you mentioned wouldnt apply. If you know of any other way to get the full screen let me know. Generally however I like the program and will try it a bit more before I purchase it. Thanks.
So, when you say 'full screen', what you mean is maximized but without the menu,title, or status bars. Vertical scrollbar and and toolbar would remain?
Actually I would just like a larger screen - in fact not a 'full screen' because I prefer to have the title, menu, toolbars, and vertical scrollbar. In other words, I would like the window to open up at 'maximized' or near max size. This might be an unreasonable request as even IE doesnt always open up maximized. The problem I have is that whenever I open a new folder (telnet to a different switch) the screen comes up small (1/4 size of the 17" screen). That is, when I have one screen open at 'maximized', then I telnet to a different switch, the screen reduces again to the 1/4 size. My solution to these problems now is simply to maximize again, which isnt a big deal, except that I telnet to various switches all day long.
You can open a connection to your host, set the colors, screen size (maximized), and other settings, and then use File->Save to save the connection settings to a file, perhaps on your desktop or a folder on your desktop. Then, when you double-click the file, absolutetelnet will start up with the same settings every time!
this works pretty good. Thanks a lot.
After thinking about your request, I'm considering augmenting the 'remember position' option to include the maximized state. Currently, if you save a connection file that is maximized and using the 'remember position' flag, only the non-maximized position is remembered, but this still requires you to manually maximize to see the screen fully.
OK. Maybe that will help another problem I'm having. Whenever I open a screen, it opens at max, but on my pc at least it is off-center, to the bottom right, with part of the window hidden, so that I can't see the bottom few lines and the vertical scroll bar. I always have to drag it to the middle of the screen, or maximize again. This is OK, but not perfect, still requiring the extra step.
Also, when I save a maximized screen and check 'remember position', the next time I open the screen it doesn't appear at all. I have to go to the sidebar, right-click, and maximize. So at this point the 'remember position' combined with maximize isnt an option.
Does 'remember position' work otherwise (non maximized)?? It worries me somewhat that you're not seeing the terminal window at all!
yes, save position works OK with nonmaximized.
Moises,
I've got a new beta version that addresses this issue. 'Remember position' now recalls the maximized state, so we should be close to what your needs are. There's also a new feature to set default values for every single option using the 'Global Defaults' feature. See Options->Properties->Global.
To use this feature, just set all the program options you want, including colors, fonts, connection type, terminal settings, etc... Go to Options->Properties->Global and save the default values. Then, every time you start AbsoluteTelnet all you have to do is supply the hostname of your new connection and voila!
You can download it here:
[url= http://www.celestialsoftware.net/telnet/beta_software.html ]http://www.celestialsoftware.net/telnet/beta_software.html[/url]
Let me know how it goes....
since the beta expires 4/28 I'll just wait for the next full release instead of installing a beta.
