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Date:      Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:33:51 -0700
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: mergemaster merge left/right
Message-ID:  <4A5C0AAF.1090604@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20090713163922.GM2145@acme.spoerlein.net>
References:  <4A4DC67C.3010804@bsdforen.de> <20090713163922.GM2145@acme.spoerlein.net>

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Ulrich Spörlein wrote:
> When using X, maximize your xterm horizontally and use mergemaster -w100
> or something like that. It will probe the tty again and offer the "real"
> width, so I usually just run mergemaster -w1 and hit enter.

Making the window wider is good advice, but the -w option is not
needed. If you're running mergemaster in any sort of tty it will
automatically set the column width for sdiff for you.


hth,

Doug



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