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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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