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From: krowitz@RICHTER.MIT.EDU (David Krowitz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: window sizes for VT100 emulators?
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Date: 20 May 88 16:43:29 GMT
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I regularly log into our Alliant from either a Sun or Apollo workstation
running a VT100 emulator in a window on the workstation. Of course, I use
"set term=vt100" to tell termcap that I have a VT100 compatible connection
to the Alliant, but my window size is rarely ever 80 columns by 24 lines.
Is there any way that the Alliant could query my "terminal" about its
screen size and then adjust the termcap entry for my pty? I seem to remember
that VT100s (the actual terminals) have an escape sequence which does return
the screen size, so I assume that the emulator has (or could have) this
capability.


 -- David Krowitz

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