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Documentation of resize command only reflects height changes

Bug #591665 reported by Vincent Stehlé
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screen (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: screen

The 'resize' command changes the width of vertical splits, not the height.

The 'resize' command is documented in the manpage as always changing the height, and there is no mention of a command for changing the width, so this is an unexpected behavior.

Reproduction instructions:

1) Invoke screen
2) Create a horizontal split (ctrl-a S)
3) Create a vertical split (ctrl-a |)
4) Resize the vertical split (ctrl a : resize +3)

V.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: screen 4.0.3-14ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-server 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-server x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jun 9 12:14:58 2010
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: screen

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Vincent Stehlé (vstehle) wrote :
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Axel Beckert (xtaran) wrote :

This is more or less related to http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=600649 (screen: resize says "resize # lines" even if the window is split vertically)

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Vincent Stehlé (vstehle) wrote :

Still the case with precise (screen 4.0.3-14ubuntu8).

tags: added: precise
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Axel Beckert (xtaran) wrote : Re: [Bug 591665] Re: Resize command changes width of vertical splits, not height

Hi,

Vincent Stehlé wrote:
> Still the case with precise (screen 4.0.3-14ubuntu8).

JFTR: This issue is also present in Debian Experimental, whose package
is based on a current git snapshot from upstream. So it's likely not
fixed upstream either.

  Regards, Axel
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James Page (james-page) wrote : Re: Resize command changes width of vertical splits, not height

Confirmed in utopic - marking Triaged/Low.

Changed in screen (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Low
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Axel Beckert (xtaran) wrote :

This is IMHO only a documentation issue. The behaviour is as one would expect it, the documentation is just outdated and does not reflect screen's new features.

summary: - Resize command changes width of vertical splits, not height
+ Documentation of resize command only reflects height changes
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