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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.
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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.