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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT gnu DOT org>
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> From: Rugxulo <rugxulo AT gmail DOT com>
> Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 09:12:40 -0700 (PDT)
>=20
> On May 23, 2:28=A0am, Eli Zaretskii <e DOT  DOT  DOT  AT gnu DOT org> wrote:
> > > From: Jim Michaels <jmich DOT  DOT  DOT  AT yahoo DOT com>
> > > Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> > > Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 23:13:06 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> > > the curses library that gdb is using doesn't work on windows XP=
's
> > > cmd.exe or windows command.com.
> >
> > What version of GDB is that? =A0Are you using gdb.exe or gdbtui.e=
xe?
> >
> > FWIW, I'm using the DJGPP GDB on Windows XP and have no such
> > problems. =A0And AFAIR, building GDB for DJGPP does not require c=
urses
> > at all, except perhaps for the TUI build.
>=20
> Doesn't WinXP resize the console for DOS apps?

It does, if the application uses direct console I/O.  It doesn't as
long as the application uses strictly text I/O via stdio or similar
functions.

> The OP said, "what I essentially get with all djgpp products is a
> temporary 50-line mode (all my consoles have 9999 lines and 80 or
> 132 columns)."

He also said (see above) "the curses library that gdb is using doesn'=
t
work".  If by "doesn't work" he meant "resizes the screen", then
that's indeed normal, has nothing to do with curses, and is not
"doesn't work" in my book.

> What size console do you use, Eli?

80x50, of course.