X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to djgpp-bounces using -f From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Size of User screen Date: 11 Oct 2004 11:11:13 GMT Lines: 30 Message-ID: <2sv82gF1p9bqrU5@uni-berlin.de> References: X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de dtDy5ciwFgQFAtFJCGdh/gTyiCv34CLcFoL4pcRqlgSrt9XeJvaP2M+nMb X-Orig-Path: not-for-mail To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Eric Wajnberg wrote: > Dear All, > I used to code with DJGPP for years on Windows98. At that time, the user > screen was 24 lines long. I find that hard to believe. It was almost certainly 25 lines, not 24. And you could have changed it to 43 or 50 without major hassle. mode con lines=50 > On Windows 2000, the system in which I am now, the user screen looks like > having twice as many lines (i.e., about 48, but I did not counted this > accurately). Moreover, I use dislin as a graphic library, and when I run a > code using dislin, the user screen returns back to 24 lines long. This is a > little bit a problem in my case. > So, my question is: How can I force the user screen to have the good old > size of 24 lines, so that I will still be able to distribute my compiled > codes whitout any problems? By configuring it accordingly, in the settings of the DOS program you're running, and/or the generic DOS box settings (properties of the "Command prompt" link in the start->Programs->Accessories menu or similar). -- Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de) Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.