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bgitv@termo.unit.no (Baard Grimsmo) writes:

>In article <1992Oct23.145352.6439@Celestial.COM> bill@Celestial.COM (Bill Campbell) writes:
>>In <1992Oct21.131950.16914@ugle.unit.no> bgitv@termo.unit.no (Baard Grimsmo) writes:
>>
>>:Is it possible to make Elvis(-1.6) resizing itself into the new window
>>:when the xterm is resized by pulling its corner with the mouse?
>>
>>:After resizing the window my Elvis does not know the available number
>>:of lines, and I have to quit Elvis and restart after I have increased/
>>:decreased the number of lines.
>>
>>Generally you need to have something which does:
>>	eval `/usr/bin/X11/resize`
>>
>>This should set your TERMCAP, LINES, and COLUMNS environment
>>variables appropriately for the current size of the xterm
>>window.  This must be done BEFORE starting elvis since it
>>probably isn't aware of the X environment.
>>
>>:My vi-editor automatically changes and "fills" the new window size.
>>
>>Bill
>>-- 
>This is actually only an answere to half of my question.

>Using "resize" only helps if it is used before Elvis is started.

>My problem is to make Elvis resize inside a xterm window if the window is
>stretched or shrinked using the mouse after Elvis is started.
>Is it possible or not? My standard vi editor on my SGI-Indigo does!

>Thanks for the help anyway.
>Bard.Grimsmo@termo.unit.no

One of the first tests I perform on an editor before I install it in the the
/usr/local/bin/ directory of our Sun is whether it behaves properly when an
X term is resized.  Jove, joe and emacs do.  I have not tried any vi
variants.  It is a matter of testing for the signal TCGETWINSIZE (sp?).


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