problem with tty size in xterm
Thomas Wolff
towo@towo.net
Wed Sep 29 10:57:00 GMT 2004
I recently reported the bug below.
Now I've come across an issue that might be related and maybe this is
an additional hint; it's Debian bug #202497:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=202497
Thomas Wolff
> When an xterm is started that has about as many rows as fit on the screen,
> it may get positioned so that its bottom is beyond the screen bottom.
> In this case, the tty gets the wrong information about the window size.
>
> For example, the following windows shortcut on a 1024x768 screen resolution:
> D:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\run.exe D:\cygwin\bin\xterm.exe -display localhost:0 -ls -u8 -fn 10x20 -fw -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-ko-20-200-75-75-c-200-iso10646-1 -geo 80x36
> makes the tty pretend to have 35 rows.
>
> With -geo 80x33 it works.
>
> After a window resize, it also always works.
>
> More symptoms:
>
> Actually the problem does not seem to depend on screen vs. window size
> but rather on the actual initial position of the window:
> Using the "working" setup (-geo 80x33) and starting a number of
> windows, which get positioned a little bit lower every time, the
> problem eventually shows up again
>
> On the other hand, on a 1600x1200 screen resolution, the problem
> may also occurs, even if the window is fully visible.
>
> Thomas Wolff
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