I am working on a batch file that has ASCII art as a welcome page.
The ASCII art gets echoed weirdly sometimes. It is missing some of the bottom lines. It is supposed to look like this.
I tried changing the window height and width of cmd.exe/terminal.exe as suggested here. I tested it with mode cols=135 lines=38 (with that the ASCII art has 1 empty line above and 1 empty line beneath it) and mode con: cols=135 lines=60 where as with lines=60 the "bug" seems to occur less frequently (around 1 in 30-35 times). I changed the terminal.exe's window height and width via it's Settings tab to the same values. Increasing the value for the window's height seems to make the "bug" occur less frequently.
I also tried using type "ASCII.txt" which made the "bug" more apparent (more lines missing).
But I want to keep the cmd.exe/terminal.exe window small. Is there a way to have my ASCII art displayed without any occurring bugs with mode con: cols=135 lines=38 and without having to make my ASCII art smaller?
This is my code for reference:
@echo off
title fantazia.pw
mode con: cols=135 lines=38
for /f "delims=: tokens=*" %%g in ('findstr /b ::: "%~f0"') do @echo(%%g
:::
::: .:-=======--:.
::: .-=*%@@%%#**++++**#%@@@#+=:
::: .-*@@%*=:. .-+#%@%*-.
::: .=#@%+- .-+%@#=.
::: -#@%+. .=%@#-
::: -%@*: :*@%=
::: :%@*. .... .... .*@%:
::: +@%: :+*++=--=+++*+=-:. .:-=+*+++==-=++*+- :%@*
::: .%@+ .+*- :@-:-=++++++++=-:-@- -**. +@%.
::: .@@- +#. %- :@ .** :@@:
::: .@@- #= .+%*=- %* +% -=*%*: =# :@@.
::: #@+ *+ -@@+ :=++#%@*=-. .:=*@%#+++: =@@= =# =@#
::: :@@ :% +: *@@@+=+*-. .:-++++++-:. .-*+=+%@@# .+ %- %@-
::: +@* ++ *% :@#-..: -*##*=+%#==##*-*##*= ::.-#@- #* =* +@*
::: *@= #= +@%+#% %*++@@@@@----@@@@@*+*%. #%+%@* -% -@#
::: *@+ #- =%@@@: -- -@+##+-. -+##+@- := .%@@%= :% =@*
::: -@% %: .:*#- *@@@ -=-*++#-=- @@@*. -#*-. .@ #@=
::: @@:@. =* *@@#%%. .##: .#%#@@# ++ @:@@
::: +@@# .%%: *@: . .@# :%%. #@@*
::: .@@* -#@@@@@@%*=:++. .+*:=*%@@@@@@#= +@@:
::: .=%@@# .%@@@@@@%%@@@@%=. *@@%: .#@@* .=%@@@@%%@@@@@@%. *@@%+.
::: .#@%=:-@: +@@@@=. -+@@%:=%@@@ %@@%=:%@@*-. .=@@@@* .@-:=#@#.
::: .@@= =# +@@@: ==-=-++.=@@: :*+ +*- .@@+.=+-==-= .@@@* *+ -@@.
::: +@* %- %@@: :=-@@% %@+-@% #@==@@ %@@=-- .@@@. :@ +@*
::: *@+ :% #@%. =:=+- -:+:@@ %@.*:- :++:= .%@#. #- =@#
::: -@% #= +- -@@+.:+#@=-::=@- :@=::-=@%+- =@@= :+ -# #@=
::: #@+ .%. +%@@%**#+==+++*+. =*+++==+#**%@@%+ .%: =@%
::: #@* :%: %@+.. .::::. ..=@# :%- +@%.
::: +@%= **: :=**- :#@#*++*#@#- -**=:. .**. -%@*
::: .*@@*-. -@%=. -@==+*##**=-@-. .=#@= .-*@@*.
::: -+#%@@@%#+%@#=. :--::::::::::--: .=#@%+*%@@@@#+-
::: .+%@#+:. .:=#@%+.
::: .=*%@@@%%##**********##%%@@@%#=:
::: .::---========---::.
:::
<nul set /p "=press any key to continue..."
pause >nul
exit
You might be seeing a combination of:
The Windows Terminal currently doesn't support a commandline application resizing the dimensions of the viewport. That includes trying to set the window size with mode
If it's the second thing (which I'm more confident about), then I think that should be fixed in Terminal 1.18