[SOLVED] i3 - terminal prompt line endless

ewsmith · 02-20-2011, 11:37 AM

The terminal prompt line in i3 goes straight forever, and it never moves down to the next if it gets to large.
I am assuming that this is a feature. is there some way to possibly disable it?

The terminal i use makes no difference. urxvt, rxvt, xterm, konsole, terminal (xfce). they all do it, but when i use fluxbox, everything becomes normal.

brixtoncalling · 02-20-2011, 04:02 PM

Do you mean the line doesn't wrap?

ewsmith · 02-20-2011, 10:49 PM

yes. it just goes on forever. it is irritating...

brixtoncalling · 02-21-2011, 08:30 AM

Dunno, I use i3 and I hadn't noticed. Try the i3 IRC channel since the developer(s) hang out there. I doubt it is a Slackware issue.

rworkman · 02-21-2011, 08:59 AM

Does this problem exist in other environments (e.g. xfce, fluxbox, etcetera)?
What is the TERM setting?

EDIT: crap, I just re-read the original question.
Okay, so everything is fine in fluxbox. Good. :-)

ewsmith · 02-21-2011, 09:18 AM

TERM was is set to urxvt-unicode but i removed it and the prompt text now wraps.
thanks for the help :D

EDIT:
btw, i meant that i thought it was a feature in i3