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Date:      Mon, 22 Jul 1996 22:15:08 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD-current users)
Cc:        dev@fgate.flevel.co.uk (Developer)
Subject:   Re: Termcap problems
Message-ID:  <199607222015.WAA05286@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.93.960722093905.20219B-100000@fgate.flevel.co.uk> from Developer at "Jul 22, 96 09:47:43 am"

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As Developer wrote:

> I`m having a little problem with the termcap. If the xwindow width is
> particular sizes (Not sure which ones, but always larger than 80 char)
> then commands (like ls) think the window width is different (wider) than
> it actually is, and so the formatting really messes up.

What makes you think they thought of a different size?

Programs like ls usually get the window geometry out of the struct
winsize.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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