A note of warning for the DOS version of SVGATextMode
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SVGATextMode can be made to work in DOS... well, at least a little.


IMPORTANT:

       The DOS version of SVGATextMode is not a "supported" product (not in
       the same way the Linux version is).


The reason for this is twofold:

  The first one being that I don't like DOS very much, and I certainly won't
  spend much time in it to make SVGATextMode work perfectly under it. Being
  able to use it in DOS is "nice", but that's all. 
  
  The second, and most important reason, is DOS itself. Many DOS
  applications are _extremely_ unforgiving to non-standard text modes, and
  there is no possible workaround in most cases. Those programs just
  _assume_ that you will be in a 80x25 mode. "Assumption is the mother of all
  f*ck-ups" (sic).
  
  
So PLEASE don't flood me (or anyone else who helped me with this) with
questions concerning this or that program that doesn't work anymore when
SVGATextMode has changed the screen. I will NOT reply to such a message,
unless it contains some valuable comment (like how to make it better).
  
  
What works, and what not?
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Stm.exe will do all that the UNIX version does, with a few exceptions.

It WILL run external programs, like clock programs and font loaders...
except that there are none. So font loading is not (yet?) possible. You'll
have to stick with a mode that doesn't need another font.

(insert here all the other things that don't work) 

  
Compiling
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The DOS port is thanks to Stephen Lee, who took the first, biggest and only
step in this. He did it as a "proof-of-concept", and will do NO further
development for it.

The most important difference between the UNIX and DOS version is the tty
resizing code (ttyresize.c). The Linux version uses a standard system call,
while the DOS version just changes some values in the DOS memory area (go
figure). If anyone knows a better way (I doubt that there is one), let me
know (Mr B.?).

At least as important is the choice of a DOS compiler. It was a brilliant
move of Mr. Lee to go for DJGPP 2.0. It is so incredibly compatible with the
UNIX GNU C-compiler, that the non-machine-dependent code compiles smoothly.

Because of that, I will NOT include stuff to allow other DOS compilers to
compile SVGATextMode, to avoid making the code even more messy than it is now.


UPDATE:
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Andree Borrmann <y0000980@ws.rz.tu-bs.de> has volunteered to do the
maintenance of the DOS version of SVGATextMode.