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From: drl@VUSE.VANDERBILT.EDU (David R. Linn)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re:  xterm question
Message-ID: <8811161944.AA12867@backup.vuse.vanderbilt.edu>
Date: 16 Nov 88 19:44:23 GMT
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You are using the wrong termcap entry. "xterm" has 65 lines;
"xterms" has 24.