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[217.169.3.230]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id u2sm11798039wmc.3.2019.06.21.09.31.56 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 21 Jun 2019 09:31:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: line wrap over in xterm/konsole Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2019 17:31:51 +0100 Message-ID: <42199256.u4PzY5QOCi@dell_xps> In-Reply-To: <2468622.rcGQIUOOcG@dell_xps> References: <2468622.rcGQIUOOcG@dell_xps> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart3587010.6zjyAS3fW2"; micalg="pgp-sha256"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: ba9a88d0-42e9-480a-afb6-f57ef35ff267 X-Archives-Hash: f6eb9eb4816de988f43c2341cb0055b1 --nextPart3587010.6zjyAS3fW2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Friday, 21 June 2019 13:57:23 BST Mick wrote: > I'm not sure I use the correct terminology below, but please bear with me > while I try to describe a long standing problem I'm trying to solve: > > I've been mostly using x11-terms/rxvt-unicode as a terminal emulator in X. > When resizing its window to a larger width, long lines of code which had > wrapped over to the next line, are re-adjusted (reflow) to the new line > length covering the increased width of the resized wider window. I assume > this is because the urxvt window content is redrawn in real time. Not all > commands allow this. For example, 'ps axf' neither wraps over nor is > redrawn, chopping off all content not fitting within the available terminal > window width. > > In xterm and friends the lines remain at the same original fixed width, > whether the window is resized to a wider setting or not. In other words the > line of code does not reflow to adapt to the extra length afforded by a now > wider window aperture. > > Is there some setting I can apply to address this annoying phenomenon? In case what I am asking for is not clear: How can I make xterm/konsole behave like rxvt-unicode does and redraw the content to fit the changed window width? -- Regards, Mick --nextPart3587010.6zjyAS3fW2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. 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