[Techtalk] making a terminal wider than 80 columns

[sara]

If you create another temporary user with the default home folder, log
in as that, and use eterm--does it work? Or does it only work under
root? If only under root, that suggests permissions issues. If only
"not" under your "you" account, then it suggests a problem with your
personal settings. 

I've found that under Debian I often break my default user, and that the
quickest (though non-impressive, and non-geeky) thing to do is back up
my files, re-create the home directory in its default state, and restore
the files--saving the permission related files for last. Helps me narrow
things down a bit when I'm not sure what's causing it to break.


-Sara


> -----Original Message-----
> From: techtalk-admin at linuxchix.org [mailto:techtalk-
> admin at linuxchix.org] On Behalf Of Emma Jane Hogbin
> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 11:29 PM
> To: techtalk at linuxchix.org
> Subject: Re: [Techtalk] making a terminal wider than 80 columns
> 
> On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 01:10:00PM -0500, Caitlyn M. Martin wrote:
> > Anyway, I am not having the problem you described.  Which version of
> > ETerm are you running?  On what distro?
> 
> Eterm 0.9.2
> Fluxbox
> Debian (Sid)
> 
> Ah, this is helpful: it only breaks when I'm being myself. Root is
> fine.... ... ... .. :/
> 
> > I'm interested because I'd rather compile a newer version when I
> upgrade
> > to Red Hat 8.1 than continue to use this old one.
> 
> You're probably safe...especially considering that Eterm works as root
> but
> not as me.
> 
> > BTW, I've noticed vi complains (and doesn't work) if you have a
> terminal
> > width greater than 80 characters.  Is there a fix for that?  Anyone?
> 
> Mine's ok...I'm using vim (which is what you're probably using if
> you're
> using RedHat). Have you tried setting textwidth?
> 
> set bs=2                " allow backspacing over everything in insert
> mode
> set ai                  " always set autoindenting on
> set nobackup            " do not keep a backup file
> set viminfo='20,\"50    " read/write a .viminfo file, don't store more
>                         " than 50 lines of registers
> set history=50          " keep 50 lines of command
> line history
> set ruler               " show the cursor position
> all the time
> set number              " show line numbers
> set textwidth=75	" create a new line automagically at
> 			" column number 75
> 
> I have the above in my .vimrc file-- which is my standard. Then when
> I'm
> editing PHP I use vii (instead of vi). In my .bashrc file I have:
> alias vii="vi -c ':set textwidth=0'"
> 			^^^^^^^^^^^ means don't automagically make new
> 			lines when you get to column X
> 
> (don't forget to source .bashrc if you add this).
> 
> I have a few other programs that have "programming" defaults vs.
> "regular"
> defaults. I just double the last letter of the program name to run the
> "programming" version.
> 
> emma
> 
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