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From: bcripe@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com (Brian E. Cripe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: standards for windowing software?
Message-ID: <101950150@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com>
Date: 22 Oct 90 18:34:57 GMT
References: <1990Oct20.123109.7287@cs.dal.ca>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
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> I'm in the market for a Unix workstation and have been looking at the HP
> 400 series machines.  Working with VUE I discovered that programs like
> vi and more assume a 24x80 window and won't adjust to work with any
> other size (for example, with a longer window they use only the top 24
> lines).  I commented that this seemed like a pretty serious shortcoming.

If the software you are running understands the LINES and COLUMNS environment
variable (I believe both vi and more do), then it is simple.  After
altering the size of your hpterm window you need to use the "resize"
command to reset LINES and COLUMNS to their new values.  Do a "man resize"
for details on how to use resize.

	Brian Cripe