Re: Long Prompt Lines Cause Terminal History Loss on Window Resize

["Aaron U'Ren" <aauren@gmail.com>]

[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1390 bytes --]

Interesting. So is there no way to mitigate this issue in zsh? Because bash
doesn't produce the same results in either tmux or xfce terminal.

Also, if this is purely a terminal implementation problem, can you give me
any direction about where the problem lies so that I can file a more
accurate bug report with the project? And what terminals do you recommend
that exhibit correct behavior on resize? Is tmux affected because it is
also flawed or because the terminal that contains it is flawed?

On Nov 1, 2016 10:44 PM, "Bart Schaefer" <schaefer@brasslantern.com> wrote:

> On Oct 31,  1:45pm, Aaron U'Ren wrote:
> }
> } Does anyone know why long prompt lines and window resizing causes lines
> of
> } terminal history to be removed?
>
> This is terminal-specific behavior; older xterm reformats the scrollback
> itself to fit into the narrow window and then never widens it again.  In
> Gnome terminal the last line of the previous prompt gets overwritten but
> the scrollback above the first line of the first long prompt is left alone
> (although it extends the window with blank lines below the prompt as the
> window is enlarged again, so you have to scroll up to see the previous
> screen; but it's not lost.)
>
> Questions about why terminals act oddly/differently when text is printed
> to the lower right corner have just about risen to the level of needing a
> FAQ entry ...
>