Re: Problem with /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
Re: Problem with /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
- Subject: Re: Problem with /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
- From: "Cook, Rich" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 16:44:54 -0800
- Acceptlanguage: en-US
- Thread-topic: Problem with /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
Interesting new bit of info -- Terminal.app is also messed up. It has to be
cook47@rcmac (~): bash --version
GNU bash, version 3.2.48(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin10.0)
Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
On Dec 6, 2010, at 2:18 PM, Harald Hanche-Olsen wrote:
> + "Cook, Rich" <email@hidden>:
>
>> I do not have an .inputrc file.
>> cook47@rcmac (~): cat ~/.inputrc
>> cat: /Users/cook47/.inputrc: No such file or directory
>
> Hmm. And no /etc/inputrc either? That's curious. I wrote
There is no /etc/inputrc on my system. Is there one on yours? Can you send it to me?
>
>> On Dec 6, 2010, at 9:51 AM, Harald Hanche-Olsen wrote:
>>> If so, what's in it? I expect "set horizontal-scroll-mode on" at
>>> least is there
>
> The reason I said that is, in your little movie, before you started
> resizing the window, I see what looks like the expected result of
> having horizontal-scroll-mode on; namely, an input line too long to
> fit on a terminal line, and readline coping by scrolling the beginning
> of the command line (including the prompt) to the left, so all we see
> is
>
> | [[ $HOME =~ /g/ ]]; (... and so on)
>
> There is another explanation, though, and that is that readline is
> confused about the size of your xterm, and it uses two or more lines
> to display the formula, except the top line(s) are pushed above the
> top of the terminal.
>
> Which makes me wonder if there is something amiss with the font you're
> using. Could you try xterm with some other fixed-width font and see if
> you still get the bad behaviour?
No, because the font menu is not working! I cannot right mouse click to get the little VT menus. How do I change fonts without that menu?
Thanks!
>
> Er, no, wait, you said my "less /etc/passwd" test worked fine. That
> seems to contradict my little theory. But we're grasping at straws
> here, so I'd run the test anyhow.
>
> (It's bedtime my side of the Atlantic, so I am done with making silly
> suggestions for today. Maybe someone else has the answer. Good luck.)
>
> - Harald
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