[comp.sys.hp] over 160 column display

tarvaine@tukki.jyu.fi (Tapani Tarvainen) (07/06/90)

It seems hp-ux 7.0 doesn't like terminals with more than 160 columns:
e.g., ls output format is too narrow, vi complains 'terminal too wide'
&c.  I haven't noticed this documented anywhere, but then I haven't
read the manuals from cover to cover, so ...

Is this a feature of specific commands only (which ones?), is there
any way around it, and are there any plans to change this in the future?
-- 
Tapani Tarvainen    (tarvaine@jyu.fi, tarvainen@finjyu.bitnet)

wk@hpirs.HP.COM (Wayne Krone) (07/07/90)

> It seems hp-ux 7.0 doesn't like terminals with more than 160 columns:
> e.g., ls output format is too narrow, vi complains 'terminal too wide'

ls has a check in it which assumes a column width <20 or >160 must be
in error.  An AT&T 3B2 running V.3 exhibits the same behavior.  I'll
initiate getting this changed in our next release.

vi screen size limits:

		 LINES     COLUMNS     LINES * COLUMNS

pre-7.0:          100        160          10000
7.0:              128        160          16896
post-7.0:         128        212          16896


Wayne Krone