On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 8:37 PM Grant Taylor <gtay...@gentoo.tnetconsulting.net> wrote: > > On 6/21/19 12:03 PM, Mick wrote:
> > However, lines do not wrap around when I resize the xterm window. :( > > I've never seen this work inside of XTerm. > > XTerm (and many other consoles) only display the output as it was given > to them. They don't change the output when the window changes. So if > they are given 80 characters of text on one line and 35 on the next > line, XTerm (et al.) display those two lines of text, even on a wider > window. > > XTerm is not aware (cognizant of the fact) that the 80 characters and > the 35 characters are related to each other. > > If you resize the window smaller, XTerm drops the characters between the > new width and the old width that it had. It no longer has them to > display when you widen the window back out. > My xterm wraps & resizes just fine (e.g., a long line wraps; on maximizing the window, contents are redrawn and use just one line, if it fits). I don't think I did anything special for this to work. Maybe it's window manager related? I use openbox. My USE variables for xterm are the same as Mick's. Jorge Almeida
