Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 13:35:09 +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.3.93.960724133334.24778D-100000@fgate.flevel.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <199607231748.TAA10778@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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On Tue, 23 Jul 1996, J Wunsch wrote:
> As Developer wrote:
>
> > > 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!!
>
> What says ``stty -a'' about the window size?
>
> For me, everything works well. I've just maximized an xterm, and
> ls /usr/local/bin (where there are quite many files), and it looks
> reasonable.
Okay, for any window larger the 80 chars width it does it, but only in
certain directories like / on one machine.. here is the output
.CARD bin/ fd0/ lib@ proc/
sys@
.LOCK compat@ fnews/ lkm/ root/
tmp/
.cshrc dcf/ ftmp/ lost+found/ sbin/
usr/
.newuser dev/ httpd@ man@ schoolwww@
var/
.profile etc/ kernel* mnt/ stand@
www@
amitcp/ fastboot kernel.old* news@ store/
#stty -a
speed 9600 baud; 24 rows; 110 columns;
lflags: icanon isig iexten echo echoe -echok echoke -echonl echoctl
-echoprt -altwerase -noflsh -tostop -flusho pendin -nokerninfo
-extproc
iflags: istrip icrnl -inlcr -igncr ixon -ixoff ixany imaxbel ignbrk
brkint -inpck -ignpar -parmrk
oflags: opost onlcr -oxtabs
cflags: cread cs8 -parenb -parodd hupcl -clocal -cstopb -crtscts -dsrflow
-dtrflow -mdmbuf
cchars: discard = ^O; dsusp = ^Y; eof = ^D; eol = <undef>;
eol2 = <undef>; erase = ^?; intr = ^C; kill = ^U; lnext = ^V;
min = 1; quit = ^\; reprint = ^R; start = ^Q; status = <undef>;
stop = ^S; susp = ^Z; time = 0; werase = ^W;
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
Trefor S.
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