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From:	DMcCunney <dennis DOT mccunney AT gmail DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	DJGPP Gnu Info in a console window under Windows
Date:	Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:28:16 -0400
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I have an old (circa 2002) notebook I use as a test platform.  It 
multi-boots a couple of flavors of Linux, Win2K SP4 (Win2K runs 
acceptably, WinXP does not.) and FreeDOS, and I got the DJGPP stuff with 
FreeDOS.

I have an assortment of info files on the machine, and looked around for 
an info viewer I could use under Windows.  There's a Gnuwin32 port of 
info, but it has problems - try to run it and it says "This terminal 
type it not smart enough to run info", regardless of what the TERM 
variable is set to.  (I have a termcap file and a TERMCAP variable 
pointing to it.)

The DJGPP port of info runs in a console window under Win2K, but with a 
quirk.  I prefer an 90x50 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.

Thanks!
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Dennis

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