X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 10:14:01 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Cygwin 1.7 ssh and window size Message-ID: <20090904141401.GB14283@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <20090831040857.GA2667@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com 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. 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