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
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