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RE: cygwin/win2k "fullscreen" size - (15 points)
- From: Bernard Dautrevaux <Dautrevaux at microprocess dot com>
- To: "'Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)'" <lhall at rfk dot com>, Jonathan Simms <Jonathan at embassynetworks dot com>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 18:40:01 +0100
- Subject: RE: cygwin/win2k "fullscreen" size - (15 points)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) [mailto:lhall@rfk.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 6:30 PM
> To: Jonathan Simms; cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: cygwin/win2k "fullscreen" size - (15 points)
>
>
> At 12:28 PM 1/17/2002, Jonathan Simms wrote:
> >Hello all,
> >
> >I'm using win2k and doing a ton of coding using vim. I'd
> like to use the
> >full-screen console mode (you know, Alt-Enter), but it only
> gives me a
> >resolution of 80 columns x 25 rows (which is a painful step
> down from
> >1280x1024).
> >
> >How do I increase the number of rows/columns available (when
> not working
> >in windowed mode).
>
>
> Have you asked on vim lists? I may be wrong but this really
> sounds like a
> vim-specific issue...
>
I think this is a limitation of the console mode; on my NT4-SP6a box, I get
a 80x50 console when typing Alt/Enter, be it under Cygwin or directly under
cmd.exe ;-(
Too bad, but I think it's even a "hardware" limitation (running th eVGA
board in TEXT mode, instead of graphic).
Hoping to be wrong,
Regards,
Bernard
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Bernard Dautrevaux
Microprocess Ingenierie
97 bis, rue de Colombes
92400 COURBEVOIE
FRANCE
Tel: +33 (0) 1 47 68 80 80
Fax: +33 (0) 1 47 88 97 85
e-mail: dautrevaux@microprocess.com
b.dautrevaux@usa.net
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