4 Feb
2011
4 Feb
'11
11:05 p.m.
On Fri, 4 Feb 2011, Hal Davison wrote:
Noted that xterm by default uses 24 lines per window.
I have reviewed /etc/termcap looking for a specific entry for xterm that I can edit to change the ln#24 to ln#25 for our application.
Text-mode applications should get their screen size from the terminal settings, i.e. directly from the kernel, unless that information is missing. If you run 'xterm -geometry 80x25' you get a terminal that has the size you're looking for. The 'stty -a' command will show the actual dimensions, btw.
Editing the geometry in termcap/terminfo will not do anything unless you use a real serial port to connect to your system, xterm et. al. will override it.
Ge'