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From: der Mouse  <convex!larry.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!mouse>
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To: rclaeson@erbe.se
Subject: Re: new escape sequences for xterm
Cc: xpert@expo.lcs.mit.edu

>> 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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