On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 10:57:36AM +0100, Marc Espie wrote: > > So, does it make sense to put COLUMNS and SIZE forward ? > I think this is the first important question to ask... > > (I remember having COLUMNS and LINES hardcoded in my old, old .profile > around SunOS4... we can probably assume this is gone now) >
This is still useful when working over a serial line. I sometimes use COLUMNS/LINES for vi over the qemu serial console.
