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Terminal Too Wide Problem
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Annihilannic
MIS
Make your terminal window smaller?
I think the error message you're getting is from vi, right? I don't have a Solaris box to experiment with, but it only supports windows up to a certain width. On HP-UX it seems to be 212 characters wide.
Similarly it complains that the "Screen too large for internal buffer" if the dimensions multiplied together result in something greater than approx 16720.
Annihilannic.
I think the error message you're getting is from vi, right? I don't have a Solaris box to experiment with, but it only supports windows up to a certain width. On HP-UX it seems to be 212 characters wide.
Similarly it complains that the "Screen too large for internal buffer" if the dimensions multiplied together result in something greater than approx 16720.
Annihilannic.
Annihilannic
MIS
Alternatively, you could install vim which seems happy to run even with 420 cols by 175 rows!
Annihilannic.
Annihilannic.
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