bug#8763: terminal-emulator mode confines output to 80 columns

[Noam Postavsky]

tags 8763 + wontfix
close 8763
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bugreport.emacs.jog@spamgourmet.com writes:

> If emacs is in terminal-mode, it seems to constrain some tools to 80 columns 
> of output.  Running "watch" inside an emacs terminal wraps the line:
>
> emacs -nw --eval='(terminal-emulator "*echo nested inside watch*" "watch" 
> '"'"'("--interval" "3600" "echo 
> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"))'
>
> The problem is not the watch command, because the following will properly 
> show 85 x's on one line (outside of emacs):
>
> watch --interval 3600 echo 
> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Note that the following will correctly show 85 x's on one line (suggesting 
> that the problem emacs does not have this problem with all tools):
>
> emacs -nw --eval='(terminal-emulator "*echo only*" "echo" 
> '"'"'("xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"))'
>  
>
>
> In GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, X toolkit)

This bug is still present in terminal.el, but doesn't happen with
term.el.  Since terminal.el is now marked obsolete, and there hasn't
been any movement on this bug for a long time, I'm closing as wontfix.