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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Solaris +vi (not vim) not using xterm termcap entry Post 302598483 by BOFH on Tuesday 14th of February 2012 04:00:21 PM
Old 02-14-2012
Not on this system. It is on the other systems where it works though. Maybe it's what's missing on these specific systems.

Carl

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Quote:
Originally Posted by bartus11
OK, try this:
Code:
stty cols 190
stty rows 72

Then run vi.
Well that worked so that's good however I don't want to have to do this every time I log into the system since my screen size may not be the same on whichever box I'm accessing this system through. It is something to remember though, thanks.

Carl
 

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stty(2) 							System Calls Manual							   stty(2)

NAME
stty(), gtty() - control terminal device (Bell Version 6 compatibility) SYNOPSIS
Remarks These system calls are preserved for backward compatibility with Bell Version 6. They provide as close an approximation as possible to the old Version 6 functions. All new code should use the and calls described in termio(7). DESCRIPTION
For certain status settings and status inquiries about terminal devices, the functions and are equivalent to and respectively (see ioctl(2) and termio(7). RETURN VALUE
and return the following values: Successful completion. Failure. is set to indicate the error. ERRORS
If or fails, is set to one of the following values: [EBADF] is not a valid file descriptor. [EFAULT] points to an invalid address. WARNINGS
Obsolescent Interfaces and are to be obsoleted at a future date. SEE ALSO
stty(1), exec(2), ioctl(2), sttyV6(7), termio(7), tty(7). TO BE OBSOLETED stty(2)
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