Bug 474798

Summary:	Text is not re-wrapped dynamically on terminal resize
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	An. N <epsilon>
Component:	gnome-terminal	Assignee:	Behdad Esfahbod <behdad>
Status:	CLOSED UPSTREAM	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	10	CC:	behdad, egmont, mlichvar
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Description An. N 2008-12-05 12:33:58 UTC

Description of problem:
Text wrapped at column 80 (default) is not re-wrapped when the terminal is being resized. Earlier versions of Fedora supported this.

This is a major problem since if you run a command which outputs a lot of long lines, you need to run it again in order to be able to make any sense of the output in a bigger window. Previously it was possible just to resize the terminal and lines would re-wrap automatically to match the terminal width.

I'm not even sure this should be filed under termcap but it's really annoying.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
FC10 default

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start gnome-terminal or xterm or rxvt
2. Run the "export" shell command for example
3. Resize the terminal by expanding it horizontally by 10 or 20 columns
  
Actual results:
Text is cut off at column 80 and continued in a new line

Expected results:
Text re-wraps dynamically as the terminal is being resized, taking advantage of extra real estate

Additional info:
The same thing happens when the terminal size is being reduced instead of expanded. Text is not being re-wrapped.

Comment 1 Miroslav Lichvar 2008-12-05 13:47:59 UTC

This isn't related to termcap, it's a terminal emulator feature. I don't think xterm ever supported it, not sure about gnome-terminal. The only terminal I know that supports it is rxvt-unicode.

Which versions of Fedora supported this?

Comment 2 An. N 2008-12-05 14:43:58 UTC

I think FC7 supported this in gnome-terminal, I haven't used 8 or 9 extensively. I'm not 100% sure if it was a terinal feature though, but I'm sure that I could had dynamically wrapped text i.e. when logging in remotely. In fact, the bash command line re-wraps but the text which has already "been displayed" does not re-wrap.

Where do you suggest I file this then?

Sorry for troubling you.

Comment 3 Miroslav Lichvar 2008-12-05 18:01:05 UTC

Wrapping in bash command line is handled by readline, not the terminal.

Ok, let's try reassigning it to gnome-terminal.

Comment 4 Behdad Esfahbod 2008-12-05 19:32:17 UTC

I'm 100% sure this never ever was implemented in gnome-terminal.  I say that because I still don't know how to implement it without shovelling the entire vte code base.

You probably piped it to less before.

Anyway, the upstream bug for this is:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=336238

Comment 5 Egmont Koblinger 2013-09-10 19:25:07 UTC

I'm making great progress in implementing rewrapping in VTE (gnome-terminal etc.). Please see the upstream bug at https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=336238 , feel free to try my patch if you're a hacker kind. In case of any technical feedback, please comment in that upstream bug, thanks! Hopefully my work will soon end up in mainstream VTE.