Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 16:34:10 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Wed, 8 Aug 2001, Mark E. wrote:

> > > !       win->ws_xpixel = win->ws_col * 8;  /* Assumes 8 pixel width. */
> > > !       win->ws_ypixel = win->ws_row * _farnspeekw(0x0485);
> > 
> > Shouldn't we put 1 here, since pixels are irrelevant in text mode?
> > What do other text-mode environments (Unix, GNU/Linux) return in these
> > members?
> 
> Cygwin's console driver doesn't bother setting these fields. Neither does 
> Linux's.

Then I'd suggest to set them to 1, lest some oh-too-smart program decides 
we support sub-character-cell resolution on the screen.