From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27181 invoked from network); 3 Sep 1997 16:18:40 -0000 Received: from math.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by coral.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 3 Sep 1997 16:18:40 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by math.gatech.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA11651; Wed, 3 Sep 1997 12:14:31 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 12:13:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Main Message-Id: <199709031613.RAA28157@taos.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: zsh always resets LINES to 24. To: schaefer@brasslantern.com (Bart Schaefer) Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 17:13:33 +0100 (BST) Cc: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu In-Reply-To: <970903084422.ZM9976@candle.brasslantern.com> from "Bart Schaefer" at Sep 3, 97 08:44:21 am X-Loop: zefram@tao.co.uk X-Headers: in preparation X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Resent-Message-ID: <"_AvpR2.0.tq2.-oO3q"@math> Resent-From: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/1000 X-Loop: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu 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