>>>>> On Tue, 28 Nov 1995, Mike Long <mike.long@analog.com> writes:

> >From: John Maier <JohnAM@datastorm.com>
> >Date: Tue, 28 Nov 95 14:43:00 PST
> 
> >I have pcvt setup.  I know that ^[[?3h will put a regular VT100 into 132   
> >col mode.
> >
> >How do I state this in an echo statement to get pcvt to go into 132 col   
> >mode?
> 
> Here's one way that will always work:
>     echo -n "E[?3h" | tr E \\033
> gross, eh? :-)  You might prefer printf(1).


I was going to suggest using tput(1) instead, but there doesn't seem
to be a capability for setting the term width...

On the other hand, rather than sticking an "echo" or a "printf" (or
even a "tput" if it did work) into your ~/.login, you might be better
off cloning the pcvt25h termcap entry into a pcvt25h-w (or whatever)
and adding "\E[?3h" to the "is" cap (see the vt320-w entry for
example).  The you can modify /etc/ttys and get the wide screens with
no fuss.


Tom Pavel

Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
pavel@slac.stanford.edu                 http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~pavel/