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Re[2]: Scrollable DOS Box under Win95/98
- To: fieldhouse at logica dot com (Dirk Fieldhouse)
- Subject: Re[2]: Scrollable DOS Box under Win95/98
- From: Paul Sokolovsky <paul-ml at is dot lg dot ua>
- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 21:11:00 +0300
- CC: "Garrett Sylvester" <gsylvester at gdats dot com>, cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- References: <199910131623.RAA12031@cav.logica.co.uk>
- Reply-To: Paul Sokolovsky <paul-ml at is dot lg dot ua>
Hello Dirk,
Dirk Fieldhouse <fieldhouse@logica.com> wrote:
DF> On Wed, 13 Oct 1999 10:12:06 -0400, "Garrett Sylvester" <gsylvester at gdats dot com> wrote:
>> Is it possible to get a scrollable screen (DOS box) whose buffer has more
>> than 50 lines when I run the Cygnus BASH shell and utilities under WIn 95
>> or 98? I've looked all over for some way to do this, but no joy. (I know
>> you can do it with NT.)
DF> This is a limitation of the 'console subsystem', such as it is, in W9x (conagent, winoa386, etc), so even using the W95 version of cmd.exe doesn't help. You could possibly rewrite it - rather you
DF> than me. However, search the archives for references to rxvt which might give you what you want for Cygwin purposes.
#include <windows.h>
main()
{
COORD c={100,100};
SetConsoleScreenBufferSize(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE),c);
}
works for both fullscreen shell I use (FAR) and cygwin's bash.
It doesn't work for command.com but probably just because it's
dos app, not win32.
Best regards,
Paul mailto:paul-ml@is.lg.ua
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