From: Phil Galbiati <Philip DOT S DOT Galbiati AT Tek DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: emacs question
Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 18:17:40 -0700
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Joe Swiatek wrote:
> 
> I'm invoking emacs at the DOS prompt. I like the bigger [80x50]
> emacs window, but it's a little too big, since my emacs menu bar
> and my emacs display bar (the area which displays the time, how
> far along you are in a certain file, etc.) disappear at times
> when I scroll up and down.  Is there any way to create, say, an
> 80x45 window, for example?

Your problem is with Windows, not emacs.  Windows will let you
create a virtual dos box, which you can put any one of six modes:
   (40 or 80) x (25 or 43 or 50)
provided your graphics adapter supports them (type "help mode" at
the dos prompt for more details).

Many adapters do not support both 43 and 50 line modes, so the
emacs "mode-4350" command puts the dos box into which ever of the
two modes *is* supported.

But that's not your problem.

The fact that you are seeing scroll bars says that the window is
not maximized -- your 80x50 dos box is being displayed in a window
which is smaller than 80x50.  To fix this, do one of the following 
(assuming you are running Windows 3.1):
   a) pick on the up-arrow button/icon in the upper RH corner of
      the window
   b) pick on the minus-sign in the upper LH corner, and then pick
      "Maximize" from the pop-up menu
   c) hold down the Alt key and press Enter (this will toggle in
      and out of full-screen mode).

If you are running Windows95, the process is similar, but not
identical.  I think the upper RH corner contains three icons -- the
left-most one minimizes, the middle one maximizes, and the right-most
destroys the window.  Pick the middle one or press Alt-enter.

Hope this helps
--Phil Galbiati

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