> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of mwoehlke > Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 1:47 AM > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: window resizing not updating COLUMNS and LINES > > Samuel Thibault wrote: > > mwoehlke, le Wed 31 May 2006 17:19:15 -0500, a écrit : > >> Kenneth Nellis wrote: > >>> Same here...I do my own export to get things started. --Ken > >> > >> Wait, wait, step back... this in itself sounds like a problem. > > > > 'export COLUMNS' is needed for 'printenv COLUMNS' to work, > > since in the printenv case you need the variable to be > > transferred to the child printenv process. > > Ok, that makes sense, although my understanding is that if the child > process is 'bash' (including a script run by bash), then it will have a > non-exported copy of the var set correctly. Or rather, it would/should > if this was working at all. >
My command window does not show COLUMNS or LINES at all, i.e. echo $COLUMNS gives no output. After "export COLUMNS=80" as stated somewhere in the thread, both echo $COLUMNS and printenv COLUMNS give 80, but resizing the window does not influence this. What am I missing to get COLUMNS and LINES in the first place P.S. rxvt behaves the same but that mentioning that would make this mail inappropriate for this list if I read this thread correctly Nico Valster -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/