Number: 845

Date: 26-Apr-84 13':46':22

Submitter: le.pasa

Source: Bill White (Teknowledge)-Raim.pasa

Subject: Incorrect behavior when Chat terminal width > 99

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Attn: 1100Support.pasa

Status: Obsolete

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Problem Type: Bug

Impact: Annoying

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System: Communications

Subsystem: PUP Protocols

Machine: 1108

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Lisp Version:  Fugue.6 (3/30/84)

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Description: '
When the user specifies a terminal width > 99 characters, Chat only process the first 2 digits and ignores the rest'
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Date': 27 Apr 84 12':14 PST'
From': vanMelle.pa'
Subject': Re': AR #845 [Chat terminal width]'
In-reply-to': le.pasa''s message of 26 Apr 84 17':08':44 PST (Thursday)'
To': Raim.pasa'
cc': 1100Support.pasa, vanMelle'
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"When the user specifies a terminal width > 99 characters, Chat only process the first 2 digits and ignores the rest"'
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Could you elaborate?  I am unaware of any place that the user specifies a terminal width to the Chat program.  The width is specified implicitly by the width of the window and the font used; the width that Chat tells the remote host is limited to 127 by protocol constraints.'
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	Bill'
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Date': Mon, 30 Apr 84 13':30 PDT'
From': Raim.pasa'
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The terminal width changes when the Chat window is reshaped.  When the new width is such that more 99 characters  per line, can be displayed, only 99 characters are displayed.'
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Date':  1 May 84 10':58 PDT'
From': vanMelle.pa'
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What kind of host was he chatting to?  And did he mean literally 99?  As I mentioned, Chat will not ask for a width greater than 127, but that''s a good deal more than 99.  One possibility is that the host does not support terminal width > 99.'
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Date': Tue, 15 May 84 15':00 PDT'
From': Raim.pasa'
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The host is  the redoubtable 0#133# running VMS.'
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Bill reshaped the Chat window to accommodate > 99 characters.  Only 99 characters were seen.'
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Date': 16 May 84 16':41 PDT'
From': vanMelle.pa'
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I talked to Bill White, who did not experience the problem himself and hasn''t noticed it.  He prefers to drop the AR until such time as they think they really have the problem.  So I''ll mark the AR obsolete until such time as you hear more.'
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Edit-By: vanMelle

Edit-Date: 16-May-84 16':51':40