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echo: golded
to: JEFF SMITH
from: RICK CHRISTIAN
date: 2017-01-27 11:13:00
subject: Odd Golded Question?

23 Jan 17 00:18, you wrote to all:


 JS> I have Golded+ install on a Linux machine. The window that Golded
 JS> opens up in is set to 80x24 currently. Which seems to please Golded
 JS> just fine.

 JS> But... I currently have a 45 inch monitor in use and would like to use
 JS> more than the current 25% of the screen that the Golded window
 JS> occupies.

I am too impatient to enlarge, start Golded, rinse, repeat to find the limit
where things break...

BUT

On my 26-50" screens full screen terminals will break golded starting, period,

THere is a patch:
https://fidonet.ozzmosis.com/echomail.php/golded/37e10bdf0c33c539.html

The patch below fixes a bug where a very wide terminal causes GoldED to crash:

----------  Fri 21 Nov 14, GoldED+/BSD 1.1.5-b20130910 (Nov 16 2014 22:19:02)
! 23:02:48  Memory error at [gemlst.cpp,365].
! 23:02:48  gsprintf(buffer,256,%-5.5s%s%-*.*s %-*.*s%s%-*.*s %s,...):
buffer overflow (need 381 bytes).


Index: gemlst.cpp
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/golded-plus/golded+/golded3/gemlst.cpp,v
retrieving revision 1.67
diff -u -r1.67 gemlst.cpp
-+- gemlst.cpp  19 Oct 2011 23:31:31 -0000      1.67
+++ gemlst.cpp  22 Nov 2014 16:50:45 -0000
{at}{at} -333,7 +333,7 {at}{at}
     mattr_ = hattr;
   }

-  char buf[256];
+  char buf[2560];

   if(AA->Msglistwidesubj()) {
     resiz += tosiz + 1;


Which does let wide terminals work... I've done it to all the ones of recent...
and works.

BUT

ONLY FOR READING

If you reply the internal editor barfs and seg faults... for probably similar
reasons... but I just don't have time to dig through to find its buffer to
enlarge it.


Rick


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