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Date:      Mon, 3 Dec 2007 21:16:59 -0800 (PST)
From:      Philip Hallstrom <freebsd@philip.pjkh.com>
To:        Jim Riggs <freebsd-lists@christianserving.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to stop screen from resizing my window??
Message-ID:  <20071203211640.K5363@bravo.pjkh.com>
In-Reply-To: <702F049C-27F9-4444-8835-755DEB9A6640@christianserving.org>
References:  <702F049C-27F9-4444-8835-755DEB9A6640@christianserving.org>

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>> I connect to a FreeBSD server from OSX (via iTerm).  I then start up
>> screen.
>> 
>> And it resizes my windows to 80 characters wide.  This doesn't happen on
>> linux.
>> 
>> My understanding is this has something to do with the termcap entry and
>> 'WS', but as far as I can tell that isn't being set anywhere.
>> 
>> Also the -A option to screen doesn't seem to do anything either.
>> 
>> Anyone have any ideas?  Googling for "screen resize window" doesn't get me
>> very far :(
>
> In iTerm, select Bookmarks > Manage Profiles.  In the Terminal Profile you 
> are using to connect, check the Disable session-initiated window resizing 
> checkbox.

Woot!  I would never have thought to look there... you've made my day. 
Thanks Jim!



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