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Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 16:42:49 -0400
From: Clint Adams <clint@zsh.org>
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Subject: terminfo values (was Re: do I win the "most pointless use of ZSH" award? ;))
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In-Reply-To: <200104302023.f3UKNWF17853@meow.raye.com>; from raye@meow.raye.com on Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 03:23:32PM -0500

> COLUMNS and LINES aren't immediately updated for me when I change text
> mode resolutions.  Is there something I should do to make them as
> reliable as the tput values?

This reminded me that a SIGWINCH will update $COLUMNS and $LINES,
and therefore tput and $COLUMNS and $LINES will be more reliable
than echotc/echoti/$termcap/$terminfo.