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From: grout@cadillac.cad.mcc.COM (Steve Grout)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: 132 characters/line in emacs?
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Date: 21 Oct 88 14:39:20 GMT
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Wall writes -
 > I need to edit some files that contain more than eighty characters
 > per line, but even if I switch the terminal to 132 char/line mode,
 > emacs still gives me only 80 char/line, with the right-hand side
 > of the screen left blank. I have examined the manual pages for
 > emacs and they say nothing about screen width. Does anyone know of
 > a way to force emacs to display 132 characters/line?

While there are large terminal settings in TERMCAP, one can also use the
command,
    % tset -s -I $TERM > {filename}
and capture an environment setup in a file.

Then merely edit the file so that the number of lines, "li:",
and number of columns, "co:", are as desired.

To force them to into place, do:
  % source {filename}
For a permanent solution, place the above 'source' command into
your $HOME/.login.

GNU-emacs will readily use your custom values.

A typical terminal setup file would look like:

------------------- begin 80 by 50 vt100 setup file listing: --------
# Use this to set up for using vt100 emulation with symbolics etc.
#
# To use, give the following command:    source {this file name}
#
# Stallman's TERMS note says gnu-emacs will not USE ^M, ^J, or ^H unless
# the following are specified: cr, do, and le.
# (E.g., it will not move down with ^J which
# the Symbolics Telnet vt100 emulator treats as a down-and-clear-line!) 
# --------------------------------------
# The following originally was the vt100 termcap entry.
# --------------------------------------
unset term
unsetenv TERM
unsetenv TERMCAP
set term=vt100
set noglob;
setenv TERM vt100 ;
setenv TERMCAP 'd0|vt100|vt100-am:bl=^G:co#80:li#50:cl=50\E[;H\E[2J:am:bs:km:cm=5\E[%i%d;%dH:nd=2\E[C:up=2\E[A:ce=3\E[K:cd=50\E[J:so=2\E[7m:se=2\E[m:us=2\E[4m:sr=2*\EM:sf=2*\ED:vt#3:xn:sc=\E7:ue=2\E[m:md=2\E[1m:mr=2\E[7m:mb=2\E[5m:me=2\E[m:is=\E[1;24r\E[2
4;1H:rf=/usr/lib/tabset/vt100:rs=\E>\E[?3l\E[?4l\E[?5l\E[?7h\E[?8h:ks=\E[?1h\E=:ke=\E[?1l\E>:ku=\EOA:kd=\EOB:kr=\EOC:kl=\EOD:kb=^H:ho=\E[H:k1=\EOP:k2=\EOQ:k3=\EOR:k4=\EOS:ta=^I:pt:rc=\E8:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:';
unset noglob;
------------------- end included listing ----------------------

--Steve Grout

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