Re: terminal emulators and size displays used when running bash (OB-tie-in) ; -)

[Linda Walsh]

Chet Ramey wrote:
> On 5/22/14, 10:32 PM, Linda Walsh wrote:
>
> >     The "beauty" of the bash-WINCH handler was that it worked
> > with ANY window manager or NO window manager.
>
> Sure.  It just abused the idea of running safe code in a signal handler
> context.
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        It doesn't have to.
        Perl used to call user SIG handlers in dangerous context, but fixed
it to only call it from the top-side.

So a user client doesn't have to worry about such details.

If it is a compiled program,the program writer has to deal with such,
but if it is an interpreted or managed environment, then only the interpreter
or managing service can receive such things -- the clients are totally dependent
on the scripting host.

Only passing on WINCH on a keyboard input makes WINCH rather pointless
since it's an output function (no keys need to be pressed
to have a window resized).  So a requirement to wait until a key is pressed
sorta defeats the purpose of the signal, no?