Subject: Screen size in Pine on Unix

From: [email-masked] (Eric Wardowski)
Date: 28 Oct 1995 14:18:40 GMT

I am frustrated by the limit of Pico and Pine at only using 1/2 of my 
screen in Unix.  I have "export LINES=42" in my startup file (which makes 
everything else including tin recognize 42 lines) but Pine and Pico still 
use only 23 or 24 lines.  Is there a configuration option that I have 
overlooked?

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From: Paul O Bartlett <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 18:42:11 -0500

> use only 23 or 24 lines.  Is there a configuration option that I have 

    Are you using some sort of PC, Mac, or Amiga (etc.) _and_ 
communications software to login to your Unix account?  I am, and I found 
that I had to tell _both_ my shell and my comm software about the new 
screen size.  (Unfortunately, I still had a problem with Unix Pine, and 
a posting I made here a few days ago has so far not been responded to.)

Paul
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From: [email-masked] (Eric Wardowski)
Date: 30 Oct 1995 14:22:10 GMT

Paul O Bartlett ([email-masked]) wrote:
: On 28 Oct 1995, Eric Wardowski wrote:

: > I am frustrated by the limit of Pico and Pine at only using 1/2 of my 
: > screen in Unix.  I have "export LINES=42" in my startup file (which makes 
: > everything else including tin recognize 42 lines) but Pine and Pico still 
: > use only 23 or 24 lines.  Is there a configuration option that I have 
: > overlooked?

:     Are you using some sort of PC, Mac, or Amiga (etc.) _and_ 
: communications software to login to your Unix account?  I am, and I found 
: that I had to tell _both_ my shell and my comm software about the new 
: screen size.  (Unfortunately, I still had a problem with Unix Pine, and 
: a posting I made here a few days ago has so far not been responded to.)

Got an answer.  I had to type "stty rows 42" to get the rest of the 
programs to recognize the screen size.  As far as the rest, I run Procomm 
Plus 2.01 for DOS.  I find that occasionally I have to type <ALT>-<U> to 
do a "Reset Terminal" in Procomm when Pine had set the terminal lines to 
22 or 24.  Now all works well!

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From: Paul O Bartlett <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 19:57:44 -0500

On 30 Oct 1995, Eric Wardowski wrote:

> : > [etc.]
> programs to recognize the screen size.  [...]

    Thanks for posting this.  It had been suggested to me to set 'stty 
rows _43_' and that was causing the problem.  Unix Pine and ProComm seem 
to be happy now with 42 rows.  Unfortunately, things get a little 
confused if I try to switch back to 25-line mode in mid-session.

Paul