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* doc/en/sayget.txt
* doc/en/set.txt
* doc/en/setmode.txt
* doc/en/string.txt
* doc/en/subcodes.txt
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by Alexey Myronenko
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84 lines
2.4 KiB
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/*
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* $Id$
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*/
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/*
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* Copyright 2000 Alejandro de Garate <alex_degarate@hotmail.com>
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* Documentation for: SETMODE()
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*
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* See COPYING for licensing terms.
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*/
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/* $DOC$
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* $TEMPLATE$
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* Function
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* $NAME$
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* SETMODE()
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* $CATEGORY$
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* API
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* $SUBCATEGORY$
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* Environment
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* $ONELINER$
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* Change the video mode to a specified number of rows and columns
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* $SYNTAX$
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* SETMODE( <nRows>, <nCols> ) --> lSuccess
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* $ARGUMENTS$
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* <nRows> is the number of rows for the video mode to set.
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*
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* <nCols> is the number of columns for the video mode to set.
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* $RETURNS$
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* SETMODE() returns true if the video mode change was successful;
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* otherwise, it returns false.
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* $DESCRIPTION$
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* SETMODE() is a function that change the video mode depend on the
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* video card and monitor combination, to match the number of rows and
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* columns specified.
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* Note that there are only a real few combination or rows/cols pairs
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* that produce the video mode change.
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* The followings are availables for DOS:
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*
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* <table>
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* 12 rows x 40 columns 12 rows x 80 columns
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* 25 rows x 40 columns 25 rows x 80 columns
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* 28 rows x 40 columns 28 rows x 80 columns
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* 50 rows x 40 columns 43 rows x 80 columns
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* 50 rows x 80 columns
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* </table>
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*
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* The follow modes are available to Windows
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*
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* <table>
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* 25 rows x 40 columns 25 rows x 80 columns
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* 50 rows x 40 columns 43 rows x 80 columns
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* 50 rows x 80 columns
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* </table>
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*
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* Some modes only are availables for color and/or VGA monitors.
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* Any change produced on the screen size is updated in the values
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* returned by MAXROW() and MAXCOL().
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* $EXAMPLES$
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* // The first example change to a 12 lines of display mode:
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* IF SETMODE( 12, 40)
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* ? "Hey man are you blind ?"
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* ELSE
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* ? "Mom bring me my glasses!"
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* ENDIF
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*
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* // Next example change to a 50 lines mode:
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* IF SETMODE( 50, 80)
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* ? "This wonderful mode was successfully set"
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* ELSE
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* ? "Wait. this monitor are not made in rubber !"
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* ENDIF
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* $STATUS$
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* R
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* $COMPLIANCE$
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* Some of these modes are not availables in CA-Cl*pper
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* $PLATFORMS$
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* DOS,Win
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* $FILES$
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* Source is gtdos.c,gtwin.c
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* $SEEALSO$
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* MAXCOL(),MAXROW()
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* $END$
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*/
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