[RP] Re: Another fix

[Henrik Enberg]

twb <address@hidden> writes:

> Quoth John Meacham <address@hidden>
>> does anyone know whether the problem in xterm where it would not detect
>> it's window size properly was fixed in xfree86 recently? I don't have...
>
> To be clear: the xwindow resizes correctly, but programs running
> inside it don't appear correctly (i.e. they still think the window is
> 80x25 char).  Most notable with ncurses programs.  Using S-<KP_plus> /
> S-<KP_minus> to change text size sometimes fixes it.  C-t C-l always
> fixes it.

This is most likely an xterm (and rxvt) and/or curses issue.  I get the
same with other window managers.  It seems that the underlying program
never gets a SIGWINCH when resizing in one fell swoop (as opposed to
the gradual resize you get when dragging with a mouse).