Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!mtuxo!mtgzz!avr From: avr@mtgzz.att.com (a.v.reed) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: how do I tell the size of a pseudoterm window? Summary: Yes - why re-invent the wheel? Keywords: window standards layers xt Message-ID: <4740@mtgzz.att.com> Date: 7 Dec 88 21:18:03 GMT References: <2081@vedge.UUCP> <6766@spool.cs.wisc.edu> <9042@smoke.BRL.MIL> <5444@cbmvax.UUCP> Organization: AT&T, Middletown NJ Lines: 15 In article <5444@cbmvax.UUCP>, ditto@cbmvax.UUCP (Michael "Ford" Ditto) writes: > Do you think that a windowing system running on SysVr3 should support > the layers/xt ioctl for window size? (I don't mean whether it should > allow such a function, just whether it should use the same ioctl > command code and return the same data structure.) Yes, it definitely should. For one thing, the SysVr3 curses library already has code to use these ioctls and their structures when available; by using them, you save yourself the pain of merging the standard curses with something else. For another, I should assume that you will support terminals; someone might wish to use a layers terminal with your machine - and if the ioctls are OK, will be able to just install the layers multiplexed line discipline and run. Adam Reed (avr@mtgzz.ATT.COM)