DECCOLM - 80/132 columns

[Marc Lehmann]

On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 06:06:38PM -0400, schoedel at kw.igs.net wrote:
> But you can not currently set the number of columns without also specifying the
> number of lines. Software writing to the terminal does not necessarily know the

You can query this information any time, with or without ssh. And if you want
it convenient and your remote shell mechanism doesn't pass window size
(rlogin, telnet, ssh all do - it's standard unix practise) thats a
bug/problem in those programs.

> current number of lines; ssh does an admirable job of passing it through,
> certainly, but ssh is not the whole world.

Yes, and your bullshit arguments are also not the whole world. ssh is
just following the *normal* behaviour that any other similar mechanism
follows, and you certainly know that. Pretending that only ssh does this
is *bullshit*.

> DEC made terminals other than the VT100. The VT4xx and VT5xx support variable
> and settable numbers of lines. They're the ultimate ancestor of rxvt-unicode's
> support for DECSLPP, among other things often mistaken for "xterm extensions".
> You can find manuals for a couple models at vt100.net if you're interested.

Another arrogant bullshit argument - rxvt is trying to emulate a vt10x
terminal and xterm is trying to emulate a vt220 terminal. vt4xx emulation
is of no relevance whatsoever.

I know the dec vt line and their manuals, but unlike you, I *also* know
the rxvt and xterm manpages. IOh wait, I forgot that you know this very
well, but you conveniently forgot this just as in the ssh case to push
your personal bullshit agenda.

Note: if you want to achieve something, try *arguments*. It doesn't help when
you pretend to be an absolute beginner who has no clue and just makes
bullshit claim after bullshit claim. It's totally transparent.

What you failed to explain is why you think that the vt10x has support for
vt4xx-only command sequences: you know it doesn't, and if you don't know,
www.vt100.net has the manuals.

Don't pretend to be stupid and all-knowing at the same time. Doesn't gte
you anywhere.

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