Re: Problem with /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
Re: Problem with /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
- Subject: Re: Problem with /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
- From: Jeremy Huddleston <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 22:07:20 -0800
On Dec 3, 2010, at 16:39, Cook, Rich wrote:
> Sorry, folks,
> I had a snafu and missed some replies. I got them all now.
> @Harold: I'm running XQuartz 2.6.0_beta1 (xorg-server 1.9.0.902) on Mac OS 10.6.5 on Intel dual quad-core Xeon, 16GB RAM.
Then use /opt/X11/bin/xterm instead ;)
> @Jeremy: My TERM is set to "xterm". What should it be set to?
That should be good.
> @Ambrose Li: Yes, it does seem like SIGWINCH is not being honored, understood or sent properly.
> Thanks for any help! This is very frustrating. It could be a bug in the 2.6.0 X11 beta I'm using.
No, because you're not using the xterm from it if you're using /usr/X11/bin/xterm ... that is the SL version. Try the newer one in /opt/X11 instead.
>
> On Dec 3, 2010, at 12:43 PM, Umpleby, Adrian P wrote:
>
>>> I am having very weird behavior with /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm. It cannot handle being resized. If I resize the window, it gets into a very funky mode. The text does not wrap properly, and backspacing causes all hell to break loose if you go back to the previous line.
>>> Has anyone see this and dealt with it?
>>
>> Try adding eval `resize` to your .bash_profile and/or .bashrc - just need to ensure this gets run whenever a new xterm starts (which one of these you need probably depends whether you start xterm as a login shell or not).
>>
>> Maybe even better might be to add it to /etc/bashrc to ensure everyone gets it...
>>
>> Adrian
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