VIDI(C) UNIX System V
Name
vidi - sets the font and video mode for a video device
Syntax
vidi [ -d ] [ -f fontfile ] command
Description
vidi sets video mode or loads/extracts a font from the
device that is the current standard input; without
arguments, it lists the all of the valid video mode and font
commands.
Some video cards support changeable character fonts. The
vidi font commands (font8x8, font8x14, and font8x16) are
used to load and extract fonts from the tables stored in the
kernel. If neither of the -d or -f options has been
specified, vidi will attempt to load the specified font from
i/usr/lib/vidi/fontname. he -d option causes vidi to read
the specified font from the kernel and write (dump) the font
to the standard output.
The -f option is used to load fonts other than those in
/usr/lib/vidi or to specify an output file other than
standard output. When loading a font, -f filename will load
the font from filename instead of from
/usr/lib/vidi/fontname. When extracting a font (-d option)
-f filename causes vidi to write the extracted font into
filename instead of writing the font to the standard output.
The other vidi commands set the video mode of the video
adapter connected to vidi's standard input. The commands
are :
mono move current screen to the monochrome adapter.
cga move current screen to the Color Graphics adapter.
ega move current screen to the Enhanced Graphics adapter.
vga move current screen to the Video Graphics adapter.
internal activate the internal monitor on portable with a
plasma screen.
external activate the external monitor on portable with a
plasma screen.
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| Text Modes |
|____________________________________________________________|
| Command Cols Rows Font Adapter |
|____________________________________________________________|
| |
| c40x25 40 25 8x8 CGA (EGA VGA) |
| e40x25 40 25 8x14 EGA (VGA) |
| v40x25 40 25 8x16 VGA |
| m80x25 80 25 8x14 MONO (EGA_MONO VGA_MONO) |
| c80x25 80 25 8x8 CGA (EGA VGA) |
| em80x25 80 25 8x14 EGA_MONO (VGA_MONO) |
| e80x25 80 25 8x14 EGA (VGA) |
| vm80x25 80 25 8x16 VGA_MONO |
| v80x25 80 25 8x16 VGA |
| e80x43 80 43 8x14 EGA (VGA) |
|____________________________________________________________|
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| Graphics Modes |
|____________________________________________________________|
| Command Pixel Resolution Colors |
|____________________________________________________________|
| mode5 320x200 4 |
| mode6 640x200 2 |
| modeD 320x200 16 |
| modeE 640x200 16 |
| modeF 640x350 2 (mono) |
| mode10 640x350 16 |
| mode11 640x480 2 |
| mode12 640x480 16 |
| mode13 320x200 256 |
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See Also
screen(HW)
Notes
The internal and external commands do not work with all
types of portables.
(printed 8/24/89) VIDI(C)