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Re: rxvt + screen
* Christopher Faylor (2004-06-02 17:03 +0100)
> On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 09:50:23AM +0200, Thorsten Kampe wrote:
>>* Alain SABBAN (2004-06-02 08:48 +0100)
>>>I'm quite new to Cygwin. I've googled a bit for my question but didn't
>>>find any answer, so sorry if this is a basic question.
>>>
>>>I'd like to avoid multiple terminal windows on my screen since I've to
>>>connect to several hosts. I'm looking for a tabbed terminal. I know
>>>the only solution today is rxvt + screen.
>>>
>>>I've downloaded screen 4.0.2 from
>>>http://www.fredlwm.hpg.ig.com.br/cygwin/screen/
>>>
>>>Screen with rxvt is ok. My problem is that when I resize the rxvt
>>>window, it freezes and after a few seconds, it displays at the bottom
>>>of the screen in the hardstatus line : accept: Connection aborted.
>>>Then the hardstatus line of screen disappeared and screen ignored the
>>>new size of the window.
>>>
>>>Is it a known bug or have I missed something ?
>>
>>Known bug (at least to me known)
>
> So why not report it to the person who supplied screen?
Because...
,--- * http://www.fredlwm.hpg.ig.com.br/cygwin/screen/
| Reattaching doesn't work.
| Resizing doesn't work.
| Midnight Commander's subshell (^O) doesn't work
`---
The question is why Alain SABBAN asked in the first place as he must
have known that this is a known bug.
> It doesn't do much good to discuss it here since screen is not a
> supported package --
I agree.
Thorsten
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