how can i change screen buffer size?
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I can enlarge screen buffer size of standard CMD window up to 9999 rows. Is it possible for console?
I need big buffer because i get a lot of messages from single command (e.g. 500 kb of text)
Start Console. Unhide Windows console window, open its properties and set your buffer size. Click OK, and select "Save for all windows with the same title" (or something like that) option when asked.
Would it be possible for Console to keep it's own screen buffer? That would solve all the problems with programs that change the size of the screen buffer (such as far or djgpp bash) and would alleviate the annoyance of having to unhide the consol window, open the menu, change the setting, blah blah blah.
Console keeps its own screen buffer, but it follows the windows' console buffer size. A console app may allocate a new console buffer for its use (it can be a different size) - that's what happens when you run a program that, for example, changes console size, runs, and when it exits, you get previous console output back.
Console cannot keep track of the buffers allocated by other apps, so it simply looks into currently active buffer.
You must understand that console window support in Windows is *very* limited (compared to *nix console)
I found a program to resize the buffer and screen size, by the same guy who wrote the buffer saver in my other post.
ftp://barnyard.syr.edu/pub/vefatica/resizecon.exe
Man, Ken, you're on a roll with all these cool console apps!
Resizecon est gentil !
L'homme, ceci est frais ! Comme Montgomery (Mr)Burns indiquerait... Excellent. :)
Errr...I mean...keep up the good work old chap!