From 2a4f046509661de6740d7c5f854c4fa3d6b452c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "John \"Elwin\" Edwards" Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2018 20:54:48 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update information about ttyrec terminal size. --- web/about/ttyrec.html | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/web/about/ttyrec.html b/web/about/ttyrec.html index 7ad0e24..7194ff5 100644 --- a/web/about/ttyrec.html +++ b/web/about/ttyrec.html @@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ watch them.

A ttyrec produced on one kind of terminal will not play properly on a different kind of terminal. Most modern terminals are similar and should produce compatible ttyrecs, but you might come across a file that won't work.

Replaying also might not work properly if your terminal is a different size from the one that produced the ttyrec. If things are getting drawn in the -wrong places, try making your terminal bigger. Unfortunately, ttyrecs don't tell you what the proper size is.

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(But it can sometimes be deduced, if you don't mind poking around with a hex editor. Check near the beginning for the sequence -<escape>[1;<number of rows>r )

+wrong places, try making your terminal bigger.

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Unfortunately, ttyrecs don't contain any metadata which could tell you what the proper size is. But most recent files from the Gallery and similar sites +work around this limitation by putting some invisible text at the beginning. You can read it by opening the ttyrec with a hex editor or text editor. There +will be a line starting with "Size:" followed by the terminal width and height.

Note: if you are using ipbt, you must also tell ipbt what size terminal to use. Check ipbt's documentation.

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