LINESIZE.HEL

The   LINESIZE.HEL   is the HELp documentation for the   LINESIZE.REX   (REXX) program.

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 ║ REXX function to return the screen width (linesize) as a REXX result.║
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 ║ The Environment variable   COLUMNS  is examined,  and  if present,   ║
 ║ its value is extracted and returned.                                 ║
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 ║ If the  EnvVar  variable  isn't defined,  the DOS command   MODE CON ║
 ║ is issued  and it's output is filtered  (with FIND)  and written to  ║
 ║ a temporary file,  and is scanned for the line:    Columns [:=] nn   ║
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 ║ If the value isn't available or invalid, a value of zero is returned.║
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 ║ If program is running under  PC/REXX,  CMS,  or  R3,  this routine   ║
 ║ should never be invoked  as  those REXXes have their own built─in    ║
 ║ function  LINESIZE.                                                  ║
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 ║ This program shouldn't be "compiled" with PC/REXX with the  /L  opt. ║
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