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- From: guy@sun.com (Guy Harris)
- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 86 11:18:03 PDT
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- > What I meant is that certain common elements should be standardized,
- > in particular, the ioctl to get and set the current window size.
- > These all look the same, but with different particulars.
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- This isn't really just a window system issue; the current "termios" proposal
- avoids referring to it as a "window" size. One could imagine features, such
- as end-of-"page" pauses in the TTY driver, that would use this information
- even on dumb terminals.
-
- > By the way, I think both "get" and "set" operations should be standardized,
- > and the standard should state that both ioctls must work on both sides of
- > the pty. (This assumes we can appropriately specify what a "pty" is.)
-
- The "set" operation is in the "termios" proposal; since "pty"s aren't, it
- doesn't say anything about whether the operation works on both sides or not.
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