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EDT: EDT and terminal width

The Question is:

User exits edt and terminal reset to 132 but originally set to 80. Any
ideal why?

The Answer is:

EDT will reset the terminal to the width that was set in the OpenVMS terminal
characteristics (displayed with SHOW TERMINAL).  If that is set as 132, even
if someone sent an escape sequence to set the terminal itself to 80, then
EDT will reset to 132 on exit.  Make sure that all terminal width changes
are done with SET TERMINAL/WIDTH rather than writing escape sequences.