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authorThomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org>2012-03-17 12:31:07 +0100
committerThomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org>2012-03-17 12:31:07 +0100
commit3bf27c93ac4de57623809b71517116d51465f0e1 (patch)
treeec3edc96d8a3639651e722b401bf677bc9505c68 /public_hurd_boxen
parent88ade4a03928041ad710594f3281b883528bc8ec (diff)
IRC bits.
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diff --git a/public_hurd_boxen/xen_handling.mdwn b/public_hurd_boxen/xen_handling.mdwn
index 47d92c43..d4e33ce9 100644
--- a/public_hurd_boxen/xen_handling.mdwn
+++ b/public_hurd_boxen/xen_handling.mdwn
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]]
+[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2009, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]]
[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable
id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ by typing in `host=flubber`, for example, will be enough to get access to
that machine's console.
/!\ TODO: How does one get the environment variables `COLUMNS` and `LINES` set
-properly when using `xm console`? This is relevant for everything using
-`(n)curses` -- for interactive console applications. Using `export COLUMNS=143
-LINES=44` does work, but is a manual process.
+properly when using `xm console`? According to Samuel, *you don't, the xen
+console doesn't have the notion of terminal size*. This is relevant for
+everything using `(n)curses` -- for interactive console applications. Using
+`export COLUMNS=143 LINES=44` does work, but is a manual process.