From:	Jason Green <news AT jgreen4 DOT fsnet DOT co DOT uk>
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Info.
Date:	Tue, 26 Jun 2001 22:03:37 +0100
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:

> On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, Jason Green wrote:
> 
> > > Only because djgpp.env says INFO_LINES=40.  If you remove that, or set
> > > INFO_LINES=25 in the environment, Info won't switch the video mode.
> > 
> > Ah... *now* I see it!  Thanks.
> > 
> > IMHO, the file gnu\texinfo4.0\djgpp\README could benefit from a note to
> > this effect (in section 2d).
> 
> I'm not sure what's missing there.  It lists all the values that are
> supported, as far as I could see.

I meant just a few extra words to note that the program defaults are
changed in djgpp.env, and they can be restored by removing those lines.

> > I had figured the only way to prevent a
> > video switch was to set INFO_LINES to match the actual display.
> 
> Isn't that a reasonable thing to expect from a program?

Yes.  The unexpected behaviour was that without deliberately setting
INFO_LINES the program would not match the current mode.

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