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Re: zsh always resets LINES to 24.

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From: Andrew Main <zefram@xxxxxxxxx>
To: schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Bart Schaefer)
Subject: Re: zsh always resets LINES to 24.
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 17:13:33 +0100 (BST)
Cc: zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <970903084422.ZM9976@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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

References:
- Re: zsh always resets LINES to 24.
  - From: Bart Schaefer

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