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Subject: Re: window size
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Date: Sun, 26-Oct-86 23:36:14 EST
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From: guy@sun.com (Guy Harris)
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 86 15:16:30 PST

> As to what TIOCGWINSZ should return: for some situations character
> cell array dimensions are appropriate; for others pixel array size
> is appropriate.

Bill Shannon's point was that those applications for which pixel array size
is important are not necessarily going to be talking to a terminal-like
interface.  It is certainly *possible* to do graphics and window management
through such an interface; whether this is *desirable* is another matter.
Until it is established that all implementations will provide access to
graphics or a window system through the terminal interface, it is
inappropriate to require the terminal interface to supply data not
applicable to plain text characters.

Volume-Number: Volume 7, Number 93