Re: [Freedos-devel] ANNOUNCE: Edit 0.82
Arkady V.Belousov wrote: Hi! 23--2004 20:12 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joe Cosentino) wrote to FreeDOS Devel [EMAIL PROTECTED]: JC 4) As of right now, /H DOES NOT WORK. It does not work, has not worked and JC unless someone wants to write an algorithm to determine the maximum number JC of lines a screen can handle (not which one it is currently set at), it'll JC just sit there. Help doesn't work?! And how it relates to maximum number of lines? Or I don't understand something? In MS-DOS , EDIT /H means use the maximum possible number of lines available for the current display adaptor (43 for EGA, 50 for VGA). -uso. --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl ___ Freedos-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
Re: [Freedos-devel] ANNOUNCE: Edit 0.82
JC 4) As of right now, /H DOES NOT WORK. It does not work, has not worked and JC unless someone wants to write an algorithm to determine the maximum number JC of lines a screen can handle (not which one it is currently set at), it'll JC just sit there. Help doesn't work?! And how it relates to maximum number of lines? Or I don't understand something? SNW In MS-DOS , EDIT /H means use the maximum possible number of lines SNW available for the current display adaptor (43 for EGA, 50 for VGA). Ah, yes, I see: Displays the maximum number of lines possible for the monitor you are using means set highest mode. This is very easy operation: just select 8x8 font (INT10/1112 on EGA/VGA; on CGA you anyway can't change count of lines). If you'd like to submit a code snippet Arkady, please do Joe --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl ___ Freedos-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
[Freedos-devel] Re: ANNOUNCE: Edit 0.82
Hi, for the maximum number of lines on screen option, I would suggest to change the font to 8x8 if EGA or better is detected. That will give you at least 43 rows and is much better than nothing. Extra stuff like going to 50 or 60 rows would need number-of-scanlines changing, but changing to 8x8 font is pretty simple. To get to 60 text rows, you would preferrably use VESA. Eric PS: On most VGA systems you will start out with 8x16 font, so the switch to 8x8 will indeed give you 50 rows which is very nice... using 60 or even more rows is more for people with telescopes ;-). PPS: When LEAVING EDIT, you should make sure to home the cursor. Now you can end up with the cursor below the screen bottom, needing a CLS to get it back in range. --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl ___ Freedos-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
