[Xmonad] resizeing xterms

Tim Docker timd at macquarie.com.au
Wed May 23 22:17:05 EDT 2007


gnome-terminal seems to work ok, I just assumed that xterm would also,
given it was in the xmonad default config.

Thanks 

-----Original Message-----
From: Donald Bruce Stewart [mailto:dons at cse.unsw.edu.au] 
Sent: Thursday, 24 May 2007 11:59 AM
To: Tim Docker
Cc: xmonad at haskell.org
Subject: Re: [Xmonad] resizeing xterms

timd:
> losing text:
> 
> If I make the window narrower (via xmonad meta-h), the text on the 
> right hand side is hidden When I make it wider (meta-l), the hidden 
> text doesn't return, I just see whitespace.
> 
> ^L clears the screen, and if I shift-pgup to scroll backwards, the 
> entire line history has been truncated at the minimum width I narrowed

> to.

ah, I see. xterm's ^L clears :/ some apps are smarter and repaint.

Maybe people can recommend another terminal more friendly to resizing?

-- Don


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