how to change column settings in xterm so text is displayed across
entire screen?
reddit / freebsd

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emacsandvi · 2020-07-08 01:11

I cant seem to find how to do this. do the individual programs decide
this or does the terminal?

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celestrion · 2020-07-08 03:10

Some programs track the `COLUMNS` and `LINES` environment variables to
determine what size to render at.  If these don't reflect reality, you
can exit the program and run: `kill -WINCH $$` to send the resize
(window changed) signal to your shell.

Also, be sure that your `TERM` environment variable is set to some
variant of `xterm`, and not `vt100`.

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stillcantpickaname · 2020-07-08 05:45

you can also just type resize.

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avgapon · 2020-07-08 12:43

See resizewin(1) in base and resize(1) that comes with xterm.

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oh5nxo · 2020-07-09 10:17

Should be automatic. Describe your setup and what output you get from
command env.