From: Andrew Main <zefram@tao.co.uk>
To: schaefer@brasslantern.com (Bart Schaefer)
Cc: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu
Subject: Re: zsh always resets LINES to 24.
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 17:13:33 +0100 (BST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <199709031613.RAA28157@taos.demon.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <970903084422.ZM9976@candle.brasslantern.com> from "Bart Schaefer" at Sep 3, 97 08:44:21 am
Bart Schaefer wrote:
>} Better solution: when setting LINES or COLUMNS, use the appropriate
>} ioctl to set the tty window size to the user-specified value.
>
>I'm not sure that's really a good idea. If I start an xterm with one
>geometry from inside an xterm with a different geometry, I don't want
>zsh trying to change the size of the second one to match the first.
That would be silly. I meant for it only to apply when setting the
variable from within the shell, not when importing.
>Just believe what the user tells you and leave the rest alone.
Exactly.
-zefram
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1997-09-03 16:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-09-03 2:55 Jahwan Kim
1997-09-03 4:40 ` Zoltan Hidvegi
1997-09-03 8:27 ` Andrew Main
1997-09-03 15:44 ` Bart Schaefer
1997-09-03 16:13 ` Andrew Main [this message]
1997-09-04 1:15 ` Jahwan Kim
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