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Old 05-15-2015
Can a script resize it's own mintty console?

I'm looking for finer granularity than the 20 ANSI escape sequence screen modes. What I'd like to do is have the terminal increase it's own height when I have to show the user a long menu.

Platform is Cygwin 64 running over Win 7 Pro.

Mike

Last edited by Michael Stora; 05-15-2015 at 03:19 PM..
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Old 05-15-2015
You could start another terminal window and define its size by options.
Other than that, best you could achieve, is to virtualy de-/increase width/columns. (COLUMNS=30)

Code:
terminal-appnamel --geometry=240x50

hth
# 3  
Old 05-16-2015
This worth a try if it is rows and columns.
Code:
#!/bin/bash
# Set window size down to 66 cols x 32 rows, not tested on mintty but worth a try...
printf "\x1B[8;32;66t"
# Write into the title bar; this DOES work on mintty...
printf "\x1B]0;This is a title name.\x07"

EDIT:
ALSO...
You could put either or both those two lines into your .bash_profile as CygWin uses bash by default.
Assuming mintty can accept the first 'printf' line then it will start up with your choice of rows and columns.

EDIT 2:
The above edit works on 64 bit cygwin using Windows 8.1.

Last edited by wisecracker; 05-16-2015 at 06:26 PM.. Reason: See above...
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Old 05-18-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by sea
You could start another terminal window and define its size by options.
Other than that, best you could achieve, is to virtualy de-/increase width/columns. (COLUMNS=30)

Code:
terminal-appnamel --geometry=240x50

hth
Thanks but does not work in mintty.

---------- Post updated at 02:42 PM ---------- Previous update was at 02:41 PM ----------

[QUOTE=wisecracker;302944157]This worth a try if it is rows and columns.
Code:
#!/bin/bash
# Set window size down to 66 cols x 32 rows, not tested on mintty but worth a try...
printf "\x1B[8;32;66t"
# Write into the title bar; this DOES work on mintty...
printf "\x1B]0;This is a title name.\x07"

Both work on mintty. Thank you. Where can I learn more about these sequences? I have not seen widow size or title bar documented anywhere and wonder how many more there are.

Mike
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Old 05-18-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by Michael Stora
Where can I learn more about these sequences? I have not seen widow size or title bar documented anywhere and wonder how many more there are.

Mike
You can read about quite a few of them here Xterm Control Sequences
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