Re: Setting screen size

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From: Jerry
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 20:09

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Roger Warner on December 22 wrote:
-> Is there a way inside of emacs to change the number of lines emacs believes
-> is on the screen?
-> 
-> A quick perusal of the source shows that emacs checks for screen size via the 
-> signal() and ioctl()s.  I frequently login to work from  home via 
-> a Mac running NCSA telnet.  I can and do display 32 lines on the screen and 
-> emacs refuses to acknowledge this.  I also note that the LINES shell variable
-> is ignored.

We have the same problem using the Clarkson Univ. version of NCSA
telnet via IBM PS/2's to connect to Sun workstations.

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I don't work for Apple, should someone out there have the answer.
Muchas gracias.  -Jerry

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