Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Tue, 23 Jul 1996 10:03:25 +0100 (BST)
From:      Developer <dev@fgate.flevel.co.uk>
To:        Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>
Cc:        FreeBSD-current users <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: Termcap problems
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.93.960723100221.7301A-100000@fgate.flevel.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <199607222015.WAA05286@uriah.heep.sax.de>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help


On Mon, 22 Jul 1996, J Wunsch wrote:

> As Developer wrote:
> 
> > I`m having a little problem with the termcap. If the xwindow width is
> > particular sizes (Not sure which ones, but always larger than 80 char)
> > then commands (like ls) think the window width is different (wider) than
> > it actually is, and so the formatting really messes up.
> 
> What makes you think they thought of a different size?
> 
> Programs like ls usually get the window geometry out of the struct
> winsize.

Usually what happens when the problem occurs is ls prints more characters
per line than it should - e.g. all the lines wrap a little onto the next
line!!

Regards.

Trefor S.





Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSI.3.93.960723100221.7301A-100000>