X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2009 19:40:41 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Cygwin 1.7 ssh and window size Message-ID: <20090906234041.GC21356@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20090831040857 DOT GA2667 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <20090904141401 DOT GB14283 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT 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 AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com 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