Hi! > for some reason, there is a bug... requires these 2 lines to get into 132x50
That might be because e.g. DOSEMU does not have a ready-made text mode for 132x50. It offers 80x60 132x25 132x43 132x60, but not 132x50, and 132x43 seems to be broken font-wise? In any case, you can say "mode con cols=132 lines=60" or say "mode con cols=132 lines=25" to reach those two sizes in a direct way. You are right that you need a SECOND step to go to other line counts: That step then gives MODE the idea to tweak the 132x?? mode reached in the first step by changing the vertical properties. If you try to reach a mode in ONE step, only directly reachable VESA 132x?? modes are offered. Note that if you try to reach 132x50, you only reach 132x43 but this time working, unlike the 132x43 in DOSEMU VESA :-p This is because 132x25 has an 8x14 font, not 8x16, so when you switch to 8x8 font, you only get 43 lines, not 50 here. You CAN, however, go to 132x60 first and then change fonts from 8x8 to 8x14 or 8x16 (mode con lines=14 or 16) to go into a mode with 34 or 30 lines, respectively... :-) Note that MODE avoids non-VESA ways to reach 132 columns, so you are stuck with those numbers of lines that you can reach from the VESA modes by changing between font sizes. > mode CON: COLS=132 > mode CON: COLS=132 LINES=50 Eric PS: No idea why DIR /W only uses 80 columns in 132x?? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
