Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Terminal paging in the kernel Message-ID: <3618@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Sat, 10-Mar-84 20:02:13 EST Article-I.D.: utzoo.3618 Posted: Sat Mar 10 20:02:13 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Mar-84 20:02:13 EST References: <6841@cca.UUCP> <690@ihuxx.UUCP> <216@masscomp.UUCP>, <334@dual.UUCP> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 15 Mats Wichmann observes, in part: .......... If there were a way to obtain this information for each terminal WITHOUT hardcoding it into the kernel, this portion of the paging dispute would go away - but I don't see any way to do that..... "Hardcoding into the kernel"??!?!?? I wish people would assume that the advocates of in-kernel pagination aren't completely crazy. Our system takes some pains to get the value of $TERM correct, and the code that enables paging uses $TERM to find out (from termcap) the size and whatnot of the terminal screen. This isn't hardcoded into the kernel any more than vi's terminal handling is!! -- Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry