Re: IIgs - read 40/80 setting at runtime?

[Toinet <antoine.vignau@laposte.net>]

On 22 fév, 19:30, "Jeff Blakeney" <jeff.blake...@a2central.com.remove-
ef5-this> wrote:
>   To: lyricalnanoha
> Doesn't that code just tell you what the Display Control Panel's Columns
> setting is set to?  All that tells you is whether you start in 40 or 80
> column mode on reboot.  It doesn't tell you what mode you are currently
> in.  It is possible to have that set to 40 column, boot into ProDOS 8
> where a program launcher program switches into 80 column mode and that
> program launcher then starts your program while leaving 80 column mode
> active.

That is correct and that is why I told Steve about the R80VID
softswitch which would be perfect for that task. Refer to my first
post in that thread.

antoine