On Sun, 20 Jul 2014 00:00:56 -0400 (EDT), Jochen Spieker wrote: > > Zenaan Harkness wrote: > >> When I log in to my debian box using putty, I set in putty config a >> width of 100 (rather than 80). This works. >> >> When I run GNU Screen, the putty console shrinks back to 80 width. >> >> Any idea why this might be? > > I had the same issue when I recently changed my TERM setting in PuTTY to > xterm-utf8 as someone suggested here recently. This line in ~/.screenrc > solves it: > > termcapinfo xterm* 'is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;4;6l'
That's interesting. I've never encountered this, as I don't use the "screen" package. If I need multiple terminal sessions, I just launch multiple PuTTY sessions. I guess I don't see the need for screen. But in any case, I don't understand the design of screen. Why does it need an external definition of terminal type characteristics in a configuration file? Why doesn't it rely on the terminfo information stored in ncurses? In any case, I'm glad you found a solution. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1784993446.74954.1405859502240.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
