On 19/04/09 21:47, Matt Wozniski wrote:
>
> On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Tony Mechelynck wrote:
>>
>> On 19/04/09 20:52, Michael Henry wrote:
>>> In Gvim, I can execute the following:
>>>
>>> I don't know how to make the equivalent behavior work
>>> in console Vim. Is there a way to configure either Vim or
>>> the terminal emulator (or both) so that Vim can cause a
>>> resize of the terminal emulator's number of columns or lines?
>>
>> That depends on the console. In the Linux (true-text) console, in xterm
>> and (I think) in Windows, Vim can't resize the terminal AFAIK. OTOH, in
>> konsole, setting 'lines' and 'columns' does resize the terminal. In the
>> Mac's Terminal.app console, I don't know.
>
> In xterm it can. But, even so, don't do this. It will cause very bad
> behavior when interacting with, say, Gnu Screen - in an xterm that
> isn't running screen, it would resize the window, and in one that is
> running screen, it would cause redrawing problems that would render
> the session unusable.
>
> ~Matt
Well, I tried it in xterm, version X.Org 6.8.99.903(236), not running
screen, and when setting 'lines' and 'columns' in Vim 7.2.148, the
window didn't budge. Something weird happened to my status line, a
second copy of which was drawn in the command-line area, but that's all.
Best regards,
Tony.
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