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From: Michael <confabulate@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] why resizing newsboat's terminal won't show more text?
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2021 09:33:50
Message-Id: 2141383.iZASKD2KPV@lenovo.localdomain
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] why resizing newsboat's terminal won't show more text? by "caveman رَجُلُ الْكَهْفِ 穴居人"
1 On Wednesday, 28 April 2021 10:04:19 BST caveman رَجُلُ الْكَهْفِ 穴居人 wrote:
2 > hi. when i open newsboat in a small window, it
3 > fills it with text, and eats the remaining text
4 > as expected (so that there is a single news item
5 > per line. fine).
6 >
7 > but:
8 > 1. on arch linux's package, when i enlarge the
9 > window, more text automatically shows. nice.
10 >
11 > 2. on gentoo linux's installation, when i do
12 > the same as arch's, text is still eaten, so i
13 > end up manually redrawing the terminal.
14 >
15 > any idea how should i move from here to figure out
16 > what's the cause?
17 >
18 > (more info in appendix below)
19 >
20 > ty,
21 > cm.
22
23 Are you using the same terminal in both OS? I have found terminals use
24 different mechanisms to flow/redraw lines, as long as the application output
25 allows it, with urxvt being better in this respect than xterm. However, I've
26 not used newsboat to have observed how it behaves within urxvt.

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Re: [gentoo-user] why resizing newsboat's terminal won't show more text? "caveman رَجُلُ الْكَهْفِ 穴居人" <toraboracaveman@××××××××××.com>