On Wed, Mar 17, 1999 at 10:01:26AM +0100, Klaus Wacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 16, 1999 at 02:37:08AM -0800, Daniel Eisenbud wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 16, 1999 at 10:58:36AM +0100, Klaus Wacker 
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > As long as I have been using various versions of mutt under AIX, I
> > > have never been able to resize an xterm (or aixterm) window running
> > > mutt. The FAQ mentions "Mutt dumps core when I resize the xterm". Mutt
> > > doesn't dump core, it just seems to ignore the resizeing.
> > 
> > On some systems, at least, you have to link against SLang or a recent
> > ncurses for this to work.
> > 
> 
> I was afraid that that would be the answer. It means work I have to
> do. But why can other programs (tin e.g.) resize without any of this
> newfangled stuff?

Most likely because they do not use curses.  But without specific
examples of the programs that can do this, it's hard to say.

-Daniel

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Daniel Eisenbud
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