Re: Disable auto resize/fit.

[luteijn]

> Is there a way to get gnu screen server to disable auto resize/fit?

Here's two bits form the manual that I think might combine to give a 
solution, for both options, don't look (too much) at the primary 
function, but look at the second sentence which gives more information 
about the inner workings of screen:

       -A   Adapt the sizes of all windows to the size of the current 
terminal.  By default, screen tries to restore  its  old  window
            sizes when attaching to resizable terminals (those with "WS" 
in its description, e.g. suncmd or some xterm).

       -O   selects  a more optimal output mode for your terminal rather 
than true VT100 emulation (only affects auto-margin terminals
            without `LP').  This can also be set in your .screenrc by 
specifying `OP' in a "termcap" command.

I guess you're looking for a kind of +A option that would explicitly 
prevent size adaptation even when you're the only attaching terminal. 
Until this is added as a feature, maybe this can be achieved by 
specifying `WS' in a broad termcap command ( termcap * WS ) in your 
.screenrc to trigger screen to try and restore the old window sizes when 
you attach your (now flagged as 'resizeable, even if they might not 
really be) big terminal first/only.

Alternatively, you could just always use the -A (or just when attaching 
a small/narrow terminal) so the most recent connection defines the size, 
instead of the oldest.


Regards,
Pieter