* on Friday, 2022-05-13 18:14 +0200, Ludolf Holzheid <lholzh...@bihl-wiedemann.de> wrote:
> On Fri, 2022-05-13 17:21:37 +0200, Daan van Rossum wrote: > > > > I suppose if mutt estimates the row number incorrectly: > > 1. underestimates: you could then still overwrite the last two rows with > > the status bar > > 2. overestimates: one or more lines at the bottom of the screen would be > > empty > > > > Is that incorrect? > > Of course it is possible for TUI programs to let the terminal wrap the > lines. However, I expect it to be difficult to get it right for all > terminals (and all corner cases). > > For your problem, a simple workaround might be to pipe the mail (or > mail part) through ‘cat’ to let the terminal detect the URL. Ludolf, I hear you, there are plenty of workarounds, but I wonder if a real solution to this problem would be feasible. What about a user option to select one of two methods for drawing the screen. In corner cases, those that are not handled correctly yet, a user could fall back to the current implementation.
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