From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18449 invoked from network); 19 May 1998 07:31:24 -0000 Received: from math.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 19 May 1998 07:31:24 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by math.gatech.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id DAA23007; Tue, 19 May 1998 03:20:56 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 03:20:56 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <19980519002131.C4456@dtthp169.pdx.intel.com> Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 00:21:31 -0700 From: Clint Olsen To: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Subject: Re: 3.0.5: eval `resize` messes up References: <199805180745.AA013327509@rfcom704.kobe.hp.com> <19980512092717.A13425@dtthp169.pdx.intel.com> <19980518011037.A25015@dtthp169.pdx.intel.com> <980518112027.ZM10579@candle.brasslantern.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.92.8 In-Reply-To: <980518112027.ZM10579@candle.brasslantern.com>; from Bart Schaefer on Mon, May 18, 1998 at 11:20:26AM -0700 Organization: Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR X-Disclaimer: Mutt Bites! Resent-Message-ID: <"Y8a5E3.0.Nd5.NBJOr"@math> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/3988 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu On May 18, Bart Schaefer wrote: > } Setting LINES and COLUMNS is precisely why I use "eval `resize`". It > } seems to work on every other shell except Zsh. In fact it worked on > } Zsh 3.0.2. > > Run "resize" without the "eval" wrapper and see what it spits out. It > may be emitting some syntax that zsh doesn't like. (And if you still > have 3.0.2 around, run it there too and see it it differs at all.) Resize spits out the usual: COLUMNS=77; LINES=30; export COLUMNS LINES; This doesn't change with shell versions. There are no syntax errors on 3.0.5. It just plain doesn't respond to the command. 3.0.2 seems to work fine. -Clint