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lines
rows and columns used for display
Calling Sequence
lines([nl [,nc]]) ncl=lines()
Arguments
- nl : an integer, the number of lines for vertical paging control. If 0
- no vertical paging control is done. 
- nc
- an integer, the number of column of output. Used for formatting output 
- ncl
- a 1x2 vector [nc,nl] 
Description
lines handles Scilab display paging.
lines() returns the vector [# columns, # rows] currently
    used by Scilab for displaying the results.
lines(nl) sets the number of displayed lines (before user is asked
    for more) to nl.
lines(0) disables vertical paging
lines(nl,nc) changes also the size of the output to nc
    columns.
When Scilab is launched without -nw option, the lines parameters
    are automatically set according to the output window size, these
    parameters are also automatically modified when the window is resized.
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