Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 12:10:55 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (Veggy Vinny) Cc: terry@lambert.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: long motd files - screen pause? Message-ID: <199605311910.MAA18383@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.PTX.3.91.960529160144.29367G-100000@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> from "Veggy Vinny" at May 29, 96 04:02:26 pm
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> 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.
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