#86 Far Manager resizing problems

[Anonymous]

Hello!

This program look really nice. However, it is
unusable for me, because of the problems it gives me
while using FAR Manager (it is similar to Total
Commander, but it works in pure console mode), and for
me FAR is the number one application while working
(around :) ) inside the windows environment. There are
some problems with cooperation between the Console and FAR:

1. when I try to resize the window with FAR, FAR
incorrectly sets internal height according to the
buffer size and not the real screen size. There is an
obvious workaround for that - just setting the buffer
to 0 solves this problem...

2. ... however, then the FAR displays itself
correctly only if the size of the window is decreased,
and if it is increased it behaves strangely - it is
hard to describe, but I will give it a try: the FAR
seems to intercept the size correctly, but only the
top-left rectangle of the size which equals the
previous size of the window is displayes; to the right
and to the bottom of that rectangle, screen is not
updated at all (when I try to move some another window
on top of that "dead space" it leaves track - so I
presume it is a bug in the Console, rather that a
misfeature. My english isn't very good, but anyway,
since FAR is shareware, everyone can try it out. So -
if I want to increase the size of the terminal with
FAR, first I have to increase, and then "pretend" to
decrease the size of the window (I mean moving the
bottom right corner just a few pixels), and then,
everything goes back to normal - but this procedure is
very not-user-friendly...

3. when I try to press Alt+F9 (hot key for
"fullscreen" in FAR) it spawns original windows
console, and both of them react identically to the
input. That problem is rather unsolvable, because that
behaviour is probably built into FAR. However, the most
sensible workaround for that problem would be to give
the "fullscreen" shortcut to the Console program itself
- it should just resize the window back and forth
between the maximum possible vs normal size. Something
like the "maximize" button on window (which is disabled
in Console). This will only work with FAR after solving
the problem described in "2", but anyway - it can still
be useful for other console mode programs as well.

4. Console does not intercept mouse events at all,
even after disabling the "drag" functions. Is it
planned in a future?

These glitches are very annoying to me - renders
the Console unusable for now, and I am willing to help
testing possible solutions to these.

[Marko Bozikovic]

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1. Programs changing buffer size usually cause problems.
I'll see if there's anything I can do about it.

2. Unhide windows console window. If it shows the same
thing, it's not a Console problem. Again, console programs
that mess around with console size/buffer can cause problems

3. full-screen doesn't work at the moment (I can't even find
a way to disable it until I make it work :-)

4. Console currently doesn't handle mouse events. I'd like
to implement it in the future (I just have to find a proper
way to implement it :)

BTW, I used Far 1.70 for a quick test, and basic usage seems
ok. Far doesn't resize my console. The only problem I see is
that Far screws up my screen buffer :)

Can you attach your config file here?

What version of FAR are you using?

[Marko Bozikovic]

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The basic problem with Far is that it changes buffer size. Console b128 will follow this change. This doesn't work in b129, I have removed it, but I have returned it in b130 (will be available soon)

That's the best I can do for now