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From: barmar@think.COM (Barry Margolin)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: xterm and TERMCAP
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Date: 5 Jan 89 03:32:22 GMT
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Using X11R3 on SunOS 3.5, I start up an xterm.  If I give xterm no
arguments, the "li" and "co" fields in the TERMCAP environment
variable are set correctly for the window size.  However, if I use
"xterm -e commandline", the TERMCAP variable is set up for a 24x80
window, no matter what size I actually use.  Since the command I
frequently use is "rn" (we don't seem to have "xrn"), this screws up
the paging.

Barry Margolin
Thinking Machines Corp.

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