nano doesn't sense X terminal resize

br14n · n00b Joined: 10 Oct 2002 Posts: 43

Is there a way to make nano automatically resize when I resize the terminal in which it's running? I generally use rxvt in ion. When I resize the terminal, nano stays at the previous dimensions and typing results in hideous garble.

magoo · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 6:39 pm Post subject:

I am not sure if there is a way to update nano itself, but i suggest you save your work, quit nano, resize terminal, and rerun nano and it should work at the new terminal size. (works here for xterm/Eterm).
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ronmon · Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 6:45 pm Post subject:

Mine resizes dynamically in multi-gnome-terminal, but if yours doesn't you can try Ctrl+L . That is the command to redraw the buffer. Do Ctrl+G for a full list of goodies.

br14n · n00b Joined: 10 Oct 2002 Posts: 43

I found it helps to run 'resize' before starting nano. At that point, nano has the correct dimensions (it's maximized over the area of the term). However, subsequent resizes result in redraw screwups. Shrug.

br14n · n00b Joined: 10 Oct 2002 Posts: 43

Okay, I think I may have done some good with a tiny change to the nano 1.0.9 sources.

My nano.c's lines 2784-2785 now read
case 410: /* Must ignore this, it gets sent when we resize */
resizeterm(LINES, COLS);

Previously 410 was just falling through with a bunch of other stuff. I have no understanding of the issues involved with terminal emulation, but this change seems to have fixed the horrible redraw screwups.

br14n · n00b Joined: 10 Oct 2002 Posts: 43

Just to be clear; I moved that case 410 up to the top of the switch and added the resizeterm. Probably a break; after that would be good, too, now that I think about it.