Re: Cmd Line not wrapping in gnome terminal window

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 01/29/2009 10:00 PM, Dennis Wicks wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote the following on 01/29/2009 09:56 PM:
> > On 01/29/2009 09:52 PM, Dennis Wicks wrote:
> > > Ron Johnson wrote the following on 01/29/2009 09:36 PM:
> > > > On 01/29/2009 09:21 PM, Dennis Wicks wrote:
> > > > > Greetings;
> > > > >
> > > > > I have just discovered that the command line in a gnome terminal 
> > > > > window doesn't wrap correctly. Instead of doing a line feed and 
> > > > > continuing on the next line it just returns to the beginning of the 
> > > > > current line and writes over it.
> > > > >
> > > > > As you might suspect, this does not result in a valid command line!
> > > > >
> > > > > Anybody have any ideas??
> > > >
> > > > Does bash exhibit this same problem in xterm?
> > >
> > > No, if I launch an xterm it behaves normally.
> >
> > Then use xterm???  :P
>
> I'd try that. Where is the doc for setting colors, font, window size and 
> all that stuff?

You mean initial window size (--geometry), and potential colors (it 
starts black and white, but color apps -- like 'make menuconfig' are 
in color like they are supposed to be)?

Here's the Command that I have in an icon on my Tray:

urxvt -sl 10000 -bg white -fg black
           -font -*-fixed-medium-r-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-r

The font string I generated using xfontsel (from package x11-utils, 
in menu location Foot->Debian->Applications->System-Administration).

The rest I deduced from reading the man page.

This gives me a window with a scroll buffer of 10,000 lines, black 
text on a white background using the "fixed" font with medium 
thickness in 14 point size.

>                  Right now I get a little tiny window about the size of a 
> postage stamp in b&w!

Resize the window with the mouse?

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

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