Re: [Mingw-users] Win2k

[Paul G. <pga...@te...>]

Hi folks,

On 26 Sep 2000, at 4:45, the Illustrious Earnie Boyd wrote:

> --- Franco Bez <fra...@gm...> wrote:
> > >I run the "zsh" using a shortcut from the desktop, and this
> > >includes the property settings "window size: 80 (columns) x 50
> > >(lines)" and "buffer size: 80 x 100" (the vertical scrollbar
> > >at the right). 
> > >
> > >So all I can say is that the "zsh" can deal with a buffer that
> > >has more lines than the window, and that it is not limited to
> > >the standard 25 lines. 
> > 
> > So the problem is not the difference between Buffer and Window
> > Size, but the Size itself.
> > 
> > With 100 lines it works. But with 300 lines it might fail.
> > 
> > It seems to me like a trivial OVERFLOW problem.
> > The libs (ncurses, slang) probably use only nibbles (4 Bit =
> > 128) or bytes (8 Bit = 256) to store screen coordinates in text
> > mode.
> > 
> > That means any resolution (true, or only buffer) that exeeds
> > 128x128 (or 256x256 resp.) might fail with programs that modify
> > the screen buffer directly.
> > 
> 
> This might be a W2K thing.  I have 80 columns by 2500 rows of
> buffer.  I'm using NT4sp4.

	Let me encourage anyone that is using NT4 to update to the very 
latest SP (6a at this point...probably the last one that will 
ever be released given MS discontinuing cert support for NT4).

	Peace,

		Paul G.


Nothing real can be threatened.
    Nothing unreal exists.