From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 31 12:13:55 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA29996 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 31 May 1996 12:13:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from phaeton.artisoft.com (phaeton.Artisoft.COM [198.17.250.211]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA29989 for ; Fri, 31 May 1996 12:13:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from terry@localhost) by phaeton.artisoft.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id MAA18383; Fri, 31 May 1996 12:10:55 -0700 From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199605311910.MAA18383@phaeton.artisoft.com> Subject: Re: long motd files - screen pause? To: richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (Veggy Vinny) Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 12:10:55 -0700 (MST) Cc: terry@lambert.org, questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Veggy Vinny" at May 29, 96 04:02:26 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Hmmm, okay but how do some machines make the motd pause even > before it knows the termcap? By assuming 24 lines or by using the telnet/rlogin/sigwinch(pty) hints as to terminal size (assuming they are set up correctly). On a 50 line diplay, you may get 3 "more" prompts this way. Obviously, the "more" prompts aren't reverse video (unless it hard codes a terminal type in /etc/ttys). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.