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Subject: | Re: Window Flicker |
From: | mikef AT local DOT com |
References: | <mHLqc.2008$ze2 DOT 1015 AT newssvr23 DOT news DOT prodigy DOT com> <7105-Wed19May2004215001+0300-eliz AT gnu DOT org> |
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Date: | Wed, 19 May 2004 21:07:32 GMT |
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On 19-May-2004, "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT gnu DOT org> wrote: > > Whenever I use any of the DJGPP commands; ls, less, etc, the windows > > will > > flicker . Is there a way to stop the window 'flicker'? > > The only way to stop that is to ditch XP and downgrade to Widnows 9x. > > The problem is that Windows XP (and all other descendants of the > Windows NT family) switch the emulated console to the standard DOS > dimensions as soon as they detect a DOS program that accesses the > video memory directly. The DJGPP ports of Less and `ls' do that, so > you get punished by M$ for running DOS programs. Thanks, appreciate the response! MikeF
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