On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 05:52:35PM +0100, Andy Gimblett wrote: > Hi there... > > Not strictly a dwm question but it's hit me for the first time in the > context of using dwm, and it's _kinda_ putting me off dwm, so I > wondered if anyone else has been bugged by this and/or knows a way > round it: > > Suppose I have three xterms open, in an arrangement such as: > > +---------+-----+ > | | | > | | B | > | | | > | A +-----+ > | | | > | | C | > | | | > +---------+-----+ > > Suppose A contains a whole load of text - maybe I've just cat'd a big > text file, or something. Now, if I swap A and B, then restore A, the > result is that A has "forgotten" or lost most of its textual content - > it's mostly blank. It appears that this happens when it shrinks, and > the restore is not enough to cause it to redraw nicely. > > Is this just a "feature" of the xterm I'm using (X.Org 6.9.0(213) > xterm under FreeBSD)? Is there something I can do to stop this > happening? Other clients handle this much better (for example emacs, > or even a shell inside an "emacs -nw" inside an xterm!). At the > moment it's putting me off dwm a bit, though I don't really think it' > dwm's fault... :-[) > > I hope my explanation makes sense (I can make screenshots if you > like), and that this isn't a too stupid question. I couldn't see > anything about it in the xterm faq or man page...
This is an annoyance in xterm, check if running the cat within a screen helps (this is a trick of larswm). Regards, -- Anselm R. Garbe ><>< www.ebrag.de ><>< GPG key: 0D73F361
