Re: [doc] LINES/COLUMNS auto-update in non-interactive shells contradicts manual

Zachary Santer <[email protected]> Mon, 11 May 2026 16:06:15 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.shells.bash.bugs
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On Mon, May 11, 2026 at 3:18 PM Chet Ramey <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 5/11/26 1:26 PM, Zachary Santer wrote:
> >
> > My work machine is six bash major versions back. I'd still rather
> > things improve at some point.
>
> I think we disagree on whether or not this would be an improvement.
> More people than not have expressed a desire to have LINES and COLUMNS
> reflect the true window size.

Huh? Yeah, I would be one of those people. What about my proposal
would make that not the case? Besides leaving LINES and COLUMNS coming
from the environment whatever they were set to there.