Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!uflorida!haven!adm!smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn ) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: how do I tell the size of a pseudoterm window? Keywords: layers xt Message-ID: <9092@smoke.BRL.MIL> Date: 6 Dec 88 22:24:17 GMT References: <2081@vedge.UUCP> <6766@spool.cs.wisc.edu> <564@auspex.UUCP> <9047@smoke.BRL.MIL> <577@auspex.UUCP> <5445@cbmvax.UUCP> Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB)) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 8 In article <5445@cbmvax.UUCP> ditto@cbmvax.UUCP (Michael "Ford" Ditto) writes: >I think the layers protocol is a bit intertwined with the underlying >"xt" protocol, so it may have a slight deficiency there (experts, >please correct as needed). The protocol layers are fairly cleanly separated, but the multiplexing only allows for 8 channels (one of them used for layer system control), which is a definite deficiency.