home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
OS/2 Shareware BBS: 11 Util
/
11-Util.zip
/
ROWS.ZIP
/
ROWS.DOC
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1991-03-29
|
3KB
|
78 lines
ROWS 1.00
---------
ROWS is a simple OS/2 command line utility that changes the
number of text rows in a physical (character mode) VGA screen or
in the logical screen of an OS/2 window. It is equivalent to
"MODE CO80,rows" except that it's much quicker and does not
erase the screen.
Using ROWS
----------
To change screen dimensions, simply execute the command
ROWS n
at the OS/2 command prompt. n is the number of rows you want,
and it can be any of the following:
12 14 21 23 24 25 27 28 29 30
33 34 39 40 41 42 43 45 46 47
48 49 50 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
ROWS sets the desired screen size, retaining the current screen
contents and cursor position. If you switch from a larger
screen to a smaller screen and the cursor is located outside of
the dimensions of the new screen, data will be scrolled off from
the top of the screen and the cursor placed on the last line.
If ROWS is executed in a fullscreen session, a new font is
loaded and the physical number of rows changes. Some of these
are unattractive fonts, to say the least; the fonts are provided
by the system, not by ROWS itself. [Personally, I like ROWS 34.
It's not quite as nice as UltraVision's 36-line font for DOS,
but, sadly, there's no OS/2 Ultravision.]
If ROWS is executed in an OS/2 window, the screen font does not
change, but the number of rows in the logical screen does. For
large screen sizes, OS/2 may not be able to fit the entire
screen in the window, even if it is maximized. In this case,
you can scroll the window using the vertical scroll bar.
ROWS always sets 80 columns.
FYI: character mode resolution
------------------------------
On our PS/2 VGA, the following screen sizes use the maximum
720x480-dot resolution in character mode:
29 30 33 34 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
The following are 720x400:
24 25 27 28 45 46 47 48 49 50
These are 640x350 (EGA-like):
21 39 40 41 42 43
And these are 640x200 (CGA-like):
12 14 23
Copyright/author
----------------
ROWS is uncopyrighted (public domain). Feel free to share it
with others. ROWS was written by:
Christopher J. Dunford
The Cove Software Group
Post Office Box 1072
Columbia, MD 21044
301/992-9371
CompuServe: 76703,2002
Internet, Bitnet, etc: 76703.2002@compuserve.com