Thomas Dickey wrote on Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:23 AM:: > On Thu, 13 Mar 2008, xerces8 wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> Found this problem: >> >> - start bash in rxvt (C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -sl 5000 -fn 20 -bg >> black -fg white -sr -e bash --login >> -i) >> - less /etc/passwd >> - maximize the rxvt window >> - quit less (key "q") >> - type a long command line in bash >> >> expected behavior : >> - works fine >> >> actual behavior : >> - the line is wrapped at the width of the windows as it was before >> maximized and continues in the same line at first column (a mess, >> basically) >> >> versions: >> up to date as of today (13-mar-2008) >> >> bash 3.2.33-18 > > I've seen several comments that indicate the problem is a bash setting >
Put the following line in ~/.bashrc shopt -s checkwinsize Phil -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
