From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: fgets Max Chars
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On Sat, 29 Jul 2000 22:00:58 +0200, "Paulo J. Matos aka PDestroy"
<pdestroy AT netcabo DOT pt> wrote:

>
>Damian Yerrick Wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 29 Jul 2000 17:06:13 +0200, "Paulo J. Matos aka PDestroy"
>><pdestroy AT netcabo DOT pt> wrote:
>>
>>>After a bunch of chars (129 from my experience), your PC will beep
>>>and you cannot write anything more. Why and how can I solve this
>>>since I need to receive big strings from user?
>>
>>you'll need to use a (partial) fullscreen editor
>
>Hi, thx for your answer. Are you saying that this is a
>system limitation or what??

The DOS line editor is just that: a _line_ editor.

>Just to get a few lines from the user I have to write a full text editor???
>What the heck???  Isn't there any other way to work it out???

If you want a multiline editor, you'll need a simple fullscreen
editor, perhaps in a small window on the text screen.

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