[fptex] Re: fptex digest, Vol 1 #133 - 2 msgs

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: John Frampton <jframpto@lynx.dac.neu.edu>
> Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 12:34:49 -0500
> 
> There is another issue, which I am sure other people have run
> into.  On my computer, a new 1.6GHz Windows 2000 machine,
> invoking Tex from WinEdt causes the screen to go blank for almost
> 2 seconds, before the output of Tex appears.  There is another 2
> seconds of blank screen on the way back to WinEdt.  I think the
> problem is that switching from digital output for my flatscreen
> monitor (which Windows uses) to line oriented output from a DOS
> program is a big deal for the graphics card (or whatever).  If
> output from fptex could be sent through a window, the whole
> operation would be much smoother.
> 
> The problem is analagous to the problem of invoking cmd.exe from
> the desktop.

Is it possible that the properties for the console window specify
full-screen mode?  If so, you should be able to change that by opening
a DOS box, clicking on the Properties button (or right-click on the
window border, then choose "Properties"), and checking the option for
"windowed" display.  (You can't get to the Properties button in
full-screen mode, so press Alt-Enter first, to switch to windowed
mode.)