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From: mouse@LARRY.MCRCIM.MCGILL.EDU (der Mouse)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: new escape sequences for xterm
Message-ID: <9006020857.AA09066@Larry.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
Date: 2 Jun 90 08:57:38 GMT
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>> I think that the desired behavior would be for AT&T to modify their
>> applications that use curses to detect that the window has changed
>> size (i.e. with SIGWINCH), [...].

> What about all third-party applications that is the reason that most
> people goes with UNIX anyway?  AT&T could surely modify all *their*
> applications (if they haven't already done so in SVR4), but then
> there are all those obstinare third-party software companies that
> refuse to do so.

It seems to me that a third-party vendor failing to properly handle
window size changes is on a par with a third-party vendor failing to
properly use terminfo/termcap/curses and instead wiring in knowledge of
escape sequences.  Proper handling of SIGWINCH will simply become a
necessary part of a complete curses application, much the way setting
the input hint correctly is a necessary part of a complete X
application.

					der Mouse

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