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Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 23:09:08 +0200
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: DJGPP exe switch console to 80 columns
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> From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rafael_Garc=EDa?= <rafael AT geninfor DOT com>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 18:44:07 +0100
> 
> The console window change to 80 columns during program execution and 
> then, after termination, it goes to 100 cols.
> 
> Can I change this so I can use any console width?

Sorry, you can't: what you see is a misfeature of how Windows handles
DOS programs.  Whenever a DOS program accesses the video memory
directly, Windows resets the DOS box to the standard 80x24 size.
Complain to Bill Gates.

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