Re: [RP] Getting Through and Locking XTerm Width

[Shawn Betts]

Martin Samuelsson <address@hidden> writes:

> On Sat, Apr 09, 2005 at 05:01:28PM -0400, Shawn Betts wrote:
> > Second, here's a possible solution:
> 
> Some people sure have and should have a better understanding of
> ratpoison than me. Sorry I said it couldn't be done. From now on I'll
> spend 20 hours a day just reading the source and learn, starting this
> week!

There's *always* a way..you just have to lower your standards to allow
more cheap hacks :).

> > if [ x$CUR = 'x*,XTerm' ]; then
> >     $RATPOISON -c "defpadding 0 0 100 0"
> > else
> >     $RATPOISON -c "defpadding 0 0 0 0"
> > fi
> 
> One question/comment here.
> 
> Wouldn't it be more sane to use "set padding 0 0 100 0"? Isn't those
> defcommands supposed to be removed once version 2.0 (or whatever) is
> released? Or have I misunderstood that?

I think the def* commands should stay around for compatibility with
screen (though it grows less and less compatible). Is there a reason
to remove them?

-Shawn