Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:15:44 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> To: Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Not setting TERM explicitly wraps commands at 80 columns with nested shells in xterms using sh + bash? Message-ID: <CAGH67wTZ8hVUnt6zfyxxwB-FdBH_GiH0beN6-6oywAAnmfon2w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20111021070839.GF1874@hoeg.nl> References: <CAGH67wSd2Ar1BmZSM5BOWA2r7OvYKX-eCiFtFo2gm1KAH3eOFA@mail.gmail.com> <20111021065912.GE1874@hoeg.nl> <CAGH67wSjoo_tP3%2BSXLfiE_oHHTC0LXR7yaJkFuTSEonEqXWXAg@mail.gmail.com> <20111021070839.GF1874@hoeg.nl>
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On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 12:08 AM, Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> wrote:
> * Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com>, 20111021 09:00:
>> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 11:59 PM, Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> wrote:
>> > Hi Garrett,
>> >
>> > * Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com>, 20111021 08:40:
>> >> =A0 =A0 If I fire up an xterm without setting TERM=3D{ansi,vt100,xter=
m},
>> >> [...]
>> >
>> > So what's the idea behind this? Why not just set TERM properly?
>>
>> It is set properly though -- that's the confusing part:
>>
>> $ echo $TERM
>> xterm
>
> Oh, okay. So you mean "If I fire up an xterm without changing the
> default TERM, [...]", right?
>
> Can you check whether `stty size' does return the correct numbers? That
> way we can determine if it's a problem in xterm, your shell (or maybe
> the kernel). Thanks!
I'll run that in the next window I find that's acting funky.
Unfortunately my system is behaving properly right now.
Thanks for the tip :)!
-Garrett
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