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From: cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: how does xterm tell vi the window size
Keywords: xterm vi
Message-ID: <1227@virtech.UUCP>
Date: 4 Oct 89 12:28:24 GMT
References: <253@zeek.UUCP>
Organization: Virtual Technologies Inc
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In article <253@zeek.UUCP>, rick@zeek.UUCP (Rick Wilhelm) writes:
> From an xterm, I logged on to a remote host and tried to vi a file.
> vi thinks that the window is 24 lines deep.  It has no idea that I have
> extended the window to >30 lines.

Depending upon what OS you are running you can set up the environment
to specify the correct size of the window.

For system V.3 you can use:

	LINES=xx
	COLUMNS=xx
	export LINES COLUMNS

For bsd you need to use: (check the man page, I may not have the exact
sequence since I no longer have access to a BSD system)

	stty rows xx columns xx

On the local system this info is available via the resize command.
On remote systems I handle this by a couple of prompts in my .profile.

Since vi is a pre-X program, it has no built in mechanisms for determining
the size of the window from X.  You must specify the information in your
environment.


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