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Bigscreen and multiple terminals
This version of FAangband uses's Steven Fuerst's bigscreen code, which allows you to have a terminal larger than 80x24. This allows you to see more of the dungeon map. It is not necessary to set any particular command line or preference options.
Under most systems, you can simply resize the terminal while FAangband is running, and the game will take advantage of the new size. In some cases (eg gcu 'curses' consoles), FAangband will use the terminal size available when you start the game, but will not resize further.
Terminals other than the main FAangband window can be used to display addition information such as character stats and monster memory. Use the window flags options (in game, type: "* W") to take advantage of this.
On most systems, the creation of extra terminals is handled automatically, or through in-game menus. In a few cases, options must be used when starting FAangband:
FAangband will open only the main terminal by default. To use more the terminals put the option "-- -n#" at the end of the command line when launching FAangband, where # is the number of terminals desired, up to eight (eg "faangband -mx11 -- -n3").
When the console is large enough, FAangband will attempt to use space along the right and bottom of to create three additional terminals. This uses space which would otherwise be used for the main FAangband window. To disable this feature put the option "-- -x" at the end of the command line when launching FAangband (eg "faangband -mgcu -- -x").