On Sun, Sep 06, 2009 at 01:18:16PM -0700, Karl M wrote: > >> Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 10:14:01 -0400 >> From: cgf >> Subject: Re: Cygwin 1.7 ssh and window size >> >> On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 11:05:58PM -0700, Karl M wrote: >>>My first email had a cygcheck and the following steps to reproduce the >>>symptoms. >>> >>>I just noticed the following with Cygwin 1.7, and ssh (and vi in this >>>example), on Vista Business SP2. >>> >>>If I (1) open a bash cygwin window from the normal installed shortcut >>>(cmd.exe). >>> >>>(2) drag the bottom edge of the window down to enlarge it. >>> >>>(3) ssh localhost (or to another host). >>> >>>(4) edit a file with vi. >>> >>>Then only a portion of the window is used, the size of the original >>>window before enlarging it. >>> >>>If I (5) exit vi, and exit the ssh session. >>> >>>(6) ssh localhost (or to another host). >>> >>>(7) edit a file with vi. >>> >>>Then the entire window is used for editing. >> >> As I mentioned in another thread, Cygwin's handling of console window >> size changes is not perfect. It is hampered by what Windows provides. >> I don't see any difference between Cygwin 1.5 and Cygwin 1.7 in this >> regard and I would not have expected any since there were no changes >> in that part of the code. >> >With the latest snapshot, if I enter a blank line before ssh localhost, >ssh uses the correct window size on the remote host (in this case, the >same host), although vi uses the correct window size without a blank >line after resizing. So ssh is doing something different than vi in >how it deals with window size.
Cygwin's handling of console window size changes is not perfect. It is hampered by what Windows provides. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
