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- From: prs9k@brain.med.virginia.edu (Phil Scarr)
- Subject: Re: Why doesn't the hpterm have resizable text?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov14.021807.2972@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- Organization: Neuroclinical Trials Center, University of Virginia
- References: <1992Nov13.144639.19808@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <Bxo9q2.1xp@scd.hp.com>
- Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1992 02:18:07 GMT
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- In article <Bxo9q2.1xp@scd.hp.com> dave@hpdstma.ptp.hp.com (Dave Waller) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov13.144639.19808@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, prs9k@brain.med.virginia.edu (Phil Scarr) writes:
- >|> Why can't I resize the text in my hpterms like I can with my xterms or
- >|> aixterms?
- >
- >You'll have to be a bit more specific, here. Do you mean changing the font
- >size in an active window, or do you mean resizing the window and having the
- >ececuting process know about it (SIGWINCH support)?
- >
- >The former is, of course, not possible on either an hpterm or an xterm, and
- >I haven't ever seen this feature on a competitors platform.
-
- It certainly is. Hold down the control key and hit the right mouse
- button in an xterm. You get a menu of font choices. That's what I'd
- like to see.
-
- >
- >SIGWINCH support has been present since 8.07, and most programs like shells,
- >vi, ls, and others handle the signal and deal with it properly.
-
- I have 8.02 on an 827s so I guess I don't get this feature.
-
- >
- >--
- >Dave Waller
-
- -Phil
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