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i3 is disappearing text from my urxvtc

asked 2015-02-14 22:51:57 +0000

Gamonics gravatar image

updated 2015-02-16 00:00:04 +0000

I think the screen shots say it all. [Oh... I don't have karma >= 10 yet. Well I guess you'll just have to imagine it until my karma moves up a few notches. I'll update this post with images when possible.]

For example, I start with two urxvtc's arranged left and right. With the focus on the right, I use $mod+enter to create a third urxvtc (in second shot). Then I used C-d to kill the right-most urxvtc. i3 then restores the previously middle urxvtc (with text, "Now is the time for all good men..." to it's previous size and position on the right half of the screen, but it's clear that a good-size fraction of the text on the right side of that right-most urxvtc is now gone. And that text is really gone. I had thought that highlighting that section of the urxvtc with the touchpad would reveal it was still there but hidden some how. But no; it's gone.

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How did that happen, and how do I fix it?

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This sounds like a video card issue.

TonyC gravatar imageTonyC ( 2015-02-15 00:42:32 +0000 )edit

Thanks for up-voting my other question @TonyC. That allowed me to have >= 10 karma points which I needed in order for the Q/A Askbot software to allow me to update my question here with images.

Gamonics gravatar imageGamonics ( 2015-02-16 01:16:50 +0000 )edit

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answered 2015-02-16 13:40:30 +0000

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This is not an issue with i3. It only becomes more apparent in i3 because windows are resized on a regular basis.

You are probably using bash which does not immediatelly redraw the command line when the terminal window is resized. That is the reason why the text you are entering on the prompt seems to be cut off rather than rewrapped like the text in the left window.

If you type anything on the second terminal, the whole text will be restored. In the second screenshot it would be rewrapped. In the third screenshot the cut-off parts would re-appear. Also, in some cases - e.g. initial input on small terminal, then resize to be wider - some text artefacts may remain in the same position if they are after the new end of line position.

If this really annoys you, you might consider switching to zsh, which does not seem to have this issue.

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Thanks. What you've written makes sense to me, but strangely, I now can no longer reproduce the behavior in the screenshots above. So I'm unable to test and verify your explanation. I'll consider zsh. I'd up-vote your answer (I know voting's REALLY important here), but I've used all 30 votes today.

Gamonics gravatar imageGamonics ( 2015-02-16 20:09:25 +0000 )edit

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