[SLUG] Re: terminal (ssh Putty) (stuck) at 25 lines in vi

[Angus Lees <gus@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At Mon, 17 Jun 2002 15:22:56 +1000, ramon buckland wrote:
> Redhat box : Resize the PuTTY window,
> 	it updates the LINES and COLUMNS automagically
> 	And everything works, not a problem..
> 
> New Debian Box : Resize the PuTTY window, no go,
> 	The LINES and COLUMNS stay at what they were when the window was
> launched.
> 	or whatever they were last set to (ala 'resize')

i know tcsh has an option to maintain LINES and COLUMNS for you
automatically. i presume bash does something similar, and its turned
off for some reason in the debian version.

you might want to check your bash settings/versions on both and
compare.

-- 
 - Gus