Re: tiling changes accidental

You might just try typing "resize" it is a bit easier then moving the frame
around.

				Jesse Hathaway

" On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 09:51:13PM +0100, Ralph M?ller wrote:
" > Tuomo Valkonen wrote:
" > > On Sat, Jan 05, 2002 at 01:10:05AM +0100, Ralph Mller wrote:
" > > > But in some xterm-"windows" mc has only about half the size. 
" > > ...
" > > I suppose this is the some old xterm problem and is the result of
" > > a race condition in xterm. (Also happens with some other programs,
" > > e.g. LyX.) However, the problem has been fixed in the latest
" > > XFree86 CVS version of xterm.
" > are u sure that's a bug in xterm?
" > Today i tried it with aterm and there is the same problem. 
" > 
" > How do u deal with this problem? Do u use the mentioned latest
" > version of xterm? Or do u know a workaround?
" 
" 
" i think this is a race somewhere in the client's setup code, when it
" has to handle a geometry it did not expect, but this is just a wild
" guess.
" 
" whenever i face this problem i just resize the frame a tiny bit; that
" makes the window-manager send a new X configure event to the xterm
" and xterm then generates SIGWINCH signals and the programs can
" reinit/repaint their screen. ncurses for instance supports this.
" this never failed for me; sometimes i have to repeat the process a few
" times though, until xterm gets it right.
" 
" 
" 
" regards,
"   -lukas