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From: DMcCunney <dennis DOT mccunney AT gmail DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: DJGPP Gnu Info in a console window under Windows
Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2012 02:51:21 -0400
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On 09/07/2012 04:28 PM, DMcCunney wrote:

> The DJGPP port of info runs in a console window under Win2K, but with a
> quirk.  I prefer an 80x50 console window, but DJGPP sets an 80x40 screen
> size and there seems to be no way to override it.  Am I missing a switch
> or a command line option, or is this hardwired in the code?  I can live
> with the latter if so.

And Jason Hood just sent me the answer in email, as he can't seem to 
reply to Usenet:

set INFO_LINES=50

He doesn't recall where he got it. (It was in an old batch file.)

I should have thought of an environment variable.

Thank you, Jason.
______
Dennis

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