Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!chinet!les
From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: how do I tell the size of a pseudoterm window?
Summary: layers
Message-ID: <7082@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 5 Dec 88 23:13:31 GMT
References: <2081@vedge.UUCP> <6766@spool.cs.wisc.edu> <564@auspex.UUCP> <9047@smoke.BRL.MIL> <577@auspex.UUCP> <9065@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Reply-To: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
Organization: Chinet - Public Access Unix
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In article <9065@smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) ) writes:
>The only thing X11 seems to have going for it is a variety of vendors
>supporting it.  That is probably sufficient for it to take over the
>market, just as NFS did despite its technical flaws.  As I said, it's
>a pity.  I hate the bandwagon effect..

If AT&T really wanted people to use layers (and buy their terminals that
know about them) they might try supplying an emulator for a layering
terminal as a standard part of the 6386 SysVr3 that would run on the
console.

Les Mikesell