Re: Width of Command Prompt (DOS) EDIT Window ??

monir wrote:
Hello;

I've been trying for sometime now to adjust the width of the command prompt Edit window without success. (MS-DOS Editor Version 2.0.026, Win XP Home).

I could only reduce the width of the edit window by, for example, manually dragging the right or left sides of the window inward, but not outward to increase the width !! The same for the height of the Edit window. It could only be reduced by dragging the upper or lower edge inward !!

By Right-clicking the title bar (the one above the command prompt menu bar) on the Edit window, a dropdown sub menue appears with a number of options including "Defaults" and "Properties".
Selecting "Defaults" displays:
......Console Windows Properties :: Layout tab
.........................Screen Buffer Size
.....................................Width 100
....................................Height 300
..............................Window Size
..................................Width 100
...................................Height 40
and selecting "Properties" displays:
......Command Prompt Properties :: Layout tab
.......................Screen Buffer Size
.....................................Width 80
....................................Height 43
...........................Window Size
.................................Width 80
................................Height 43

The above values correspond to the Command Prompt-Edit window of: width ~ 14.5 cm and height ~ 14 cm, on a 17" monitor.

I've tried numerous values & combinations for the above display dimensions without achieving the desired results.

Q.: How can I increase the current width of the Edit window by, say, 1 inch (2.5 cm or so?? ... so that I may be able to review the contents of the Edit window without repeatedly moving the cursor to the end/start of each line ??

Thank you kindly for your help.

Wouldn't do any good anyway, since the application is coded for 80 columns. This is one situation where the mock GUI is actually a handicap, since it has to bypass the computer's BIOS console text code. You really shouldn't expect such sophistication from a DOS 5.0 application that is something like 15 years old. If you want more characters on a line try Notepad.
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