Re: [RP] Getting Through and Locking XTerm Width

[Nazri Ramliy]

On Apr 5, 2005 7:52 AM, Nikolai Weibull
<address@hidden> wrote:
> Is there a way to lock the width/size of an XTerm so that I can have it
> in a frame that is wider than 132 columns, but the XTerm will remain 132
> columns wide?  I generally work with an XTerm and a Firefox open in a
> single frame on my desktop.  I like my Firefox being wide, but I don't
> want my XTerm any wider than 132 columns.

Sometimes I wanted this too, but couldn't find out how to do it, and
resorted to manually telling each app to format their output to fit
any column size that I tell them, e.g exporting MANWIDTH=70 for man
(shorter lines are easier on the eyes compared to longer ones).

Nazri.