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Adrian Petrescu (apetresc) wrote : Re: [Bug 680340] [NEW] Rewrap lines when resizing the terminal

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