Re: LINES/COLUMNS in xterm's.

John Henders (jhenders@bogon.com)
Tue, 19 Mar 1996 12:16:58 GMT


In <Pine.LNX.3.91.960316172309.966A-100000@gomer.mlink.net>
root@gomer.mlink.net (root) writes:

>I have a rather large xterm window which opens up when I boot into X11.
>Under kernel 1.3.75 (from 1.3.72) the environment variables LINES and
>COLUMNS do not seem to be properly reflecting the true values. I use
>this window for ircII 2.8 with three separate console windows and
>scrolling in them is messed up totally. When I type "resize" in the
>shell (bash), the LINES adjusts to what is the correct setting.

I've noticed this as well. It also screws up rlogins to remote sites
where the environment needs to be passed, as the remote side dosn't pick
up on the non-standard size windows.

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