Changes between Version 17 and Version 18 of serial


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Timestamp:
09/05/2019 03:50:13 PM (5 years ago)
Author:
Tim Harvey
Comment:

fixed typos

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    671671console applications running inside Linux virtual terminal applications (xterm, rxvt etc) will receive SIGWINCH after a resize operation has taken place and adjust accordingly.
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    673 When using a serial console there is no such mechanism and you can see the affect of this by connecting to a serial console (ie jtag_com/jtag_gang) and showing your size either via env vars or via the 'stty size' app:
     673When using a serial console there is no such mechanism and you can see the affect of this by connecting to a serial console and showing your size either via env vars or via the 'stty size' app:
    674674{{{#!bash
    675675~# echo $LINES $COLUMNS
    … …  
    681681No matter how you resize that virtual terminal window (ie xterm), the above commands will always report the same size.
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    683 It is possible for the application to actively ask for the current console window size so the second best thing is to do this every time a command prompt is printed by the shell. This can be achieved by sending a ANSI code to position the cursor to 999,999 then request the cursor position.
    684 
    685 The 'resize' app from the 'xterm' package does this, but here is also a cleaner version with less dependencies:
     683It is possible for the application to actively ask for the current console window size. This can be achieved by sending a ANSI code to position the cursor to 999,999 then request the cursor position.
     684
     685The {{{resize}}} app from the {{{xterm}}} package does this, but here is also a cleaner version with less dependencies:
    686686{{{#!bash
    687687wget http://web.archive.org/web/20081224152013/http://www.davehylands.com/gumstix-wiki/resize/resize.c
    … …  
    689689}}}
    690690
    691 You can also do this with shell scripts that do the same thing:
     691You can also do this with a shell script that do the same thing:
    692692{{{#!bash
    693693resize() {
    … …  
    702702}}}
    703703
    704 you could add this and the following to your /etc/bash.bashrc:
     704you could add this and the following to your {{{/etc/bash.bashrc}}} so that the console size is detected and adjusted on login:
    705705{{{#!bash
     706# IMX6 serial console
    706707[[ "$(tty)" =~ "/dev/ttymxc" ]] && { resize; }
    707 }}}
    708 
    709 some people also opt to use the 'trap' shell function to execute it on every command:
     708# Newport serail console
     709[[ "$(tty)" =~ "/dev/ttyAMA" ]] && { resize; }
     710}}}
     711
     712Some people also opt to use the 'trap' shell function to execute it on every command in order to adjust continually:
    710713{{{#!bash
     714# IMX6 serial console
    711715[[ "$(tty)" =~ "/dev/ttymxc" ]] && { trap resize DEBUG; }
     716# Newport serail console
     717[[ "$(tty)" =~ "/dev/ttyAMA" ]] && { trap resize DEBUG; }
    712718}}}
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