Rewrap lines when resizing the terminal

[Adrian Petrescu]

Binary package hint: gnome-terminal

OS X's Terminal application has an amazingly useful feature, which is that resizing the terminal window reflows the text already in it as if it had been output at the new size. Since a lot of terminal applications produce output that is practically unreadable if not wrapped properly, this is a big time saver, since it saves having to re-execute the script after resizing the window.

However, none of the modern Linux terminals seem to have this feature. I think it would be a great addition.

I'm not even sure if this bug should be filed against gnome-terminal or libvte. Let me know if I should move it.

[Matthew McCarty (m-tthew-mcc-rty)]

Thank you for taking the time to make Ubuntu better. Since what you submitted is not really a bug, or a problem, but rather an idea to improve Ubuntu, you are invited to post your idea in Ubuntu Brainstorm at http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/ where it can be discussed, voted on by the community, and reviewed by developers. Thanks for taking the time to share your opinion!

[Michael Martin-Smucker (mmartinsmucker)]

I disagree with the decision to close this (and move it to Ubuntu Brainstorm). The problem is specific: "text doesn't re-wrap when you resize a Terminal window," and there is only one logical solution: "rewrap the text when the window is resized." I think this is a great candidate for a "wishlist" bug report, but I don't see how brainstorming and discussing will be very useful...

[Adrian Petrescu (apetresc)]

I disagree with it too -- especially since I now see that
brainstorm.ubuntu.org is where ideas go to die.

Is it appropriate to reopen it, or would that be considered rude?

On Friday, November 26, 2010, Michael Martin-Smucker
<email address hidden> wrote:
> I disagree with the decision to close this (and move it to Ubuntu
> Brainstorm).  The problem is specific: "text doesn't re-wrap when you
> resize a Terminal window," and there is only one logical solution:
> "rewrap the text when the window is resized."  I think this is a great
> candidate for a "wishlist" bug report, but I don't see how brainstorming
> and discussing will be very useful...
>
> --
> Rewrap lines when resizing the terminal
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/680340
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> Status in “gnome-terminal” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
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> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: gnome-terminal
>
> OS X's Terminal application has an amazingly useful feature, which is that resizing the terminal window reflows the text already in it as if it had been output at the new size. Since a lot of terminal applications produce output that is practically unreadable if not wrapped properly, this is a big time saver, since it saves having to re-execute the script after resizing the window.
>
> However, none of the modern Linux terminals seem to have this feature. I think it would be a great addition.
>
> I'm not even sure if this bug should be filed against gnome-terminal or libvte. Let me know if I should move it.
>
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[Michael Martin-Smucker (mmartinsmucker)]

> where ideas go to die.

Shame it tends to be that way, because there are definitely some good ideas there.

> Is it appropriate to reopen it, or would that be considered rude?

I'm not terribly familiar with Launchpad etiquette, but I'll save you the trouble and go ahead and re-open it for you. ;) You might want to report this directly to the source as well: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/browse.cgi?product=gnome-terminal I did a quick search through the list of open bugs and didn't find anything matching this issue.

[Egmont Koblinger (egmont-gmail)]

I'm making great progress in implementing this. Please see the upstream bug at https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=336238 , feel free to try my patch if you're a hacker kind. In case of any feedback, please comment in that upstream bug, thanks!