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From:	"Hannu E K Nevalainen" <garbage_collector AT telia DOT com>
To:	"ML CygWIN" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	rxvt -e 'bash -l -i' + use of $LINES & $COLUMNS in .profile
Date:	Sat, 11 Oct 2003 15:23:37 +0200
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I just want to put this in the archives.

To use $LINES and/or $COLUMNS in the ~/.profile script one has to be aware
that there is a slight delay before they're actually available.

The delay is something like 200ms (P2/450), maybe less, but very much
noticeable if one uses $LINES/$COLUMNS early.

This:

$ head -3 ~/.profile
# Can we make COLUMNS and LINES appear maybe?
echo -en ".\b \b"
kill -SIGWINCH $$

...can help.

/Hannu E K Nevalainen, B.Sc. EE - 59°16.37'N, 17°12.60'E
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