[9fans] /bin/window -s or -scroll flag?

[9fans] /bin/window -s or -scroll flag?

[Axel Belinfante]

window(1) mentions a -s flag (enable scrolling) which does not work.
A -scroll flag (mentioned in rio(4)) does work, except when combined
with an initial -m flag.
I tried adding a -scroll case at the obvious place in /rc/bin/window
but that did not do the trick.

Axel.

Re: [9fans] /bin/window -s or -scroll flag?

[matt]

> window(1) mentions a -s flag (enable scrolling) which does not work.

that's because it's for rio and not window

 rio [ -i 'cmd' ] [ -k 'kbdcmd' ] [ -s ] [ -f font ]

window [ -m ] [ -r minx miny maxx maxy ] [ -dx n ] [ -dy n ]
          [ -minx n ] [ -miny n ] [ -maxx n ] [ -maxy n ] [ -cd dir ]
          [ -hide ] [ cmd arg ... ]


here's what I do to run irc8 in a new window that scrolls :

window -r 10 10 611 611 'echo scroll > /mnt/wsys/wctl; irc8 -s irc.freenode.org -p 6667 -u maht -r maht -n maht'

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Re: [9fans] /bin/window -s or -scroll flag?

[rob pike, esq.]

window -scroll works fine for me.

the arguments window takes are the ones accepted as args by the mount call.

-rob

Re: [9fans] /bin/window -s or -scroll flag?

[Axel Belinfante]

> window -scroll works fine for me.

for me as well, unless window is invoked with -m and -scroll,
because the 'toss geometry arguments to find command' case
seems not to toss -scroll.

> the arguments window takes are the ones accepted as args by the mount call.

I guess the window man page could be improved by mentioning
all accepted args, both in synopsis and in description
(e.g. -hide is mentioned, -scroll is not).
Currently, w.r.t. scrolling only rio's -s is mentioned,
hence my confusion.

(sorry for the way I wrote my original message;
 it probably would have been clearer if I would have said:
  1) window(1) does not mention window's -scroll flag
  2) 'window -m -scroll command' does not toss -scroll
     but tries to execute '-scroll command'
)

Axel.

Re: [9fans] /bin/window -s or -scroll flag?

[Rob Pike]

>> window -scroll works fine for me.
>
> for me as well, unless window is invoked with -m and -scroll,
> because the 'toss geometry arguments to find command' case
> seems not to toss -scroll

you've read the code. there's a two-line trivial fix.  here it is:

	case -scroll
		shift

-rob

Re: [9fans] /bin/window -s or -scroll flag?

[Rob Pike]

there's an even shorter fix:

< case -hide
 > case -hide -scroll

-rob

Re: [9fans] /bin/window -s or -scroll flag?

[Axel Belinfante]

Yes, that's what I have too. My concern was the version on sources.
(ok. instead of my 'bug report' I should have sent the diff.
 I'll learn, someday, hopefully...)

Axel.

> there's an even shorter fix:
>
> < case -hide
>  > case -hide -scroll
>
> -rob