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From: Jay <jayk123 AT hotmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: window blinks every time when i run the linux commands (like
 gcc/make/ls, etc) using DJGPP
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 04:20:06 +0000
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Clarification:
  What people were suggesting when they say to sit in command.com instead of .cmd is that:

The blink occurs upon transition either from a 32bit program to a 16bit program, or vice
versa. That is, if you are in cmd, and run a 16bit app such as ls, either starting it
and/or exiting it will "blink". Since cmd is 32bit and you'd be transition from it to ls to
start ls and from ls to cmd upon ls ending.

So a solution, if you can find a tolerable 16 command line editor, is to sit in a
16 bit shell. Such as command.com, or bash, or 4dos.

command.com might be a little funny and not seem to work.
Look at \windows\system32\autoexec.nt or \windows\system32\config.nt maybe
for settings to "help".
(and what are those ntdos.sy and ntio.sys files..hm..)

> DJGPP images run under a DOS virtual session, and it only supports 
> certain screen sizes. Try a standard DOS screen size 25x80, 43x80, 
> 50x80; and see if the flicker is more tolerable. The blink happens 
> when the scroll-back screen buffer is cleared. 

Aha! Thanks.
mode con cols=80 lines=24
?

 - Jay