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From: jls@hsv3.UUCP (James Seidman)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Suggestion to Microsoft
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Date: 20 Aug 90 15:21:57 GMT
References: <1990Aug17.200049.9989@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
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In article <1990Aug17.200049.9989@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Doug McDonald) writes:
>Whwn you run a DOS program in a window in 386 enhanced mode, the window
>comes up as a 25x80 text window. If you program switches to say a 50x80
>text window, or a CGA graphics window, you have to make it bigger manually.
>If the program goes back to 25x80 text, it shrinks back down. Then if it
>goes back to 50x80 you have to manually make it bigger. It would be nice if it
>followed automatically, or if at least it didn't shrink back down.

Well, here's a lame solution for you:  if you can get your hands on a font
editor, make two fixed fonts, one of which is twice as high as the other.
Then edit win.ini to make the taller font used for 25 line modes, and the
shorter one for 50 line modes.  Then doubling the number of lines will
leave the size of the window the same!  :)

-- 
Jim Seidman (Drax), the accidental engineer.
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