From: JONCKHEERE AT D0SFB DOT FNAL DOT GOV (Alan Jonckheere (630)840-3158)
Subject: RE: less + terminal type
3 Dec 1996 09:31:32 -0800
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                                        Alan Jonckheere,
                                Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
                                       (630)840-3158

>  Date: Tue, 03 Dec 1996 08:47:04 +1100
>  From: sjm AT mso DOT anu DOT edu DOT au (Stephen Meatheringham)
>  Subject: less + terminal type
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>  I have gotten less, ncurses, ... to build with little problem under Win95 on my PC.
>  However, the DOS window is pretty basic and thinks it is of type "dumb".  Can anyone
>  suggest a better tyerminal emulator, or whatever that allows one to have scroll bars,
>  use less, and whatever under DOS?
>  NB. I'm a unix user who has no real experience with DOS and PC's.
>  
>  
>  				Stephen Meatheringham
>  				Mt. Stromlo Observatory
>  				Private Bag, Weston Creek P.O.
>  				ACT 2611, AUSTRALIA
>  				phone : +61 6 2490293
>  				email : sjm AT mso DOT anu DOT edu DOT au
>  -

Yes the Command Prompt window is pretty dumb, but...

If all you want is scroll bars on your Command Prompt window, and who doesn't
need at *least* that, all you need to do is go to your Control Panel, Console
and set the Screen Buffer Size to something reasonable. Anything larger than
the Window Size will result in scroll bars appearing.

Alan

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