GNU bug report logs - #35212
problem docs vs. implementation

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: L A Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>

Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 00:33:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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From: L A Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>
To: Coreutils <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: problem docs vs. implementation
Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2019 17:31:44 -0700

My console becomes 121 characters wide when I turn on
unicode, but stty says it is 132 characters.

Looking at the stty manpage, I see:
Special settings:
...
       * cols N
              tell the kernel that the terminal has N columns

       * columns N
              same as cols N
---
I thought 'cool', I'll tell the kernel its only 121 characters.

I end up with :
> echo $TTY
> /dev/tty1
> stty cols 121
stty: 'standard input': Invalid argument

So .. why can't I tell the kernel how many columns my tty is?
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