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.
          _________________________________________________________________
         |                           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)                |
         |________________________________________________________________|


          _________________________________________________________________
         |                         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          |
         |________________________________________________________________|


     See Also
          screen(HW)


     Notes
          The internal and external commands  do  not  work  with  all
          types of portables.


     (printed 2/15/90)                                    VIDI(C)