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Terminal.app resize bug?

I use the Terminal.app to log into a Linux machine. I usually open up multiple tabs per window, and I run emacs in some of the terminal window. The problem is that when I resize the windows, often the window can not remember what size it's supposed to be, and sometimes switching from one tab to another triggers the window to resize to previous dimensions. It's particularly annoying when I start emacs in a tab that's confused in this way, because the window width that emacs thinks it is is incorrect, so emacs can not format the display properly. If I manually resize the window with emacs running, it snaps into place, but then the other tab gets confused.

I didn't have this problem, or it wasn't as noticeable on OSX 10.6.

Is there something I can do about this? This problem is really annoying, and Apple hasn't fixed the other Terminal.app bug I reported to them yet.

Posted on Jan 27, 2012 5:39 PM

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blue6249

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Apr 19, 2014 4:48 PM in response to quantamos

I have a the same issue. I am able to replicate it by ssh-ing to a remote server, opening a tmux instance, and then turning wifi off. If I resize my terminal window and open a new tab it changes the size of the window.

coppit2

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4 points

May 28, 2015 12:40 PM in response to blue6249

I also found that having something like this in your .vimrc would cause the terminal to be resized:

set lines=60 " Set window height

set columns=98 " Set window width 'co'

It's not quite the same issue as initially reported, but perhaps it will help someone.

Terminal.app resize bug?