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Subject:	Re: DJGPP exe switch console to 80 columns
Date:	Fri, 21 Mar 2003 17:01:52 +0100
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>>Can I change this so I can use any console width?
> 
> Whenever a DOS program accesses the video memory
> directly, Windows resets the DOS box to the standard 80x24 size.

It seems this is not correct. I have a program patched to only printf a 
message and exit, and it produces that 80 cols change, but only one of 
the djgpp utils I have in djgpp\bin (v.exe) does it too. I don't know 
what does this two programs have in common that the others don't have.

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