Window size & xterm-227

[Kirill Ponomarew]

David Wolfskill wrote:
> I'm in the habit of updating the installed ports on my laptop daily.
> 
> Usually, this works well.
> 
> A couple of days ago, though -- after updating xterm to xterm-227
> -- I noticed that vi(1) was behaving strangely.
> 
> In particular, when I created an xterm that was other than 80x24 and
> proceeded to try to edit a file with long lines, vi would act as if the
> window were only 80 characters wide ... until I re-sized the window to
> some other size.  (Resizing back to the original size I used still
> allowed it to work.)
> 
> Basically, xterm seems to be acting as if the initial size it reports to
> applications is 80x24 until a resize operation takes place, at which
> point the  proper size is used -- regardless of the original dimensions
> of the window.
> 
> This differs from the behavior I've seen & expected for some 15 years.
> 
> Is anyone else seeing this?  Anyone have a fix or circumvention, or
> should I file a PR?
> 
> (I'm not subscribed to -x11@, so I've set Reply-To to a suggested set of
> addresses.)
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Peace,
> david

David,

it's a known bug, the new xterm version will be released most 
probably tomorrow or in a couple of days.

-Kirill