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Reattaching screen (having irssi running) forces window resize

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Mar 15, 20265652 views
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Whenever I reattach to my detached screen (containing Irssi), my Putty screen is resized to something it has been at startup. If I change the window size after this, detach the screen and resize it back, window will be again resized to the original size. By window I mean the Putty window on my wind…

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Fix for: Reattaching screen (having irssi running) forces window resize

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Found the answer. The feature is called "remote terminal resizing", and it can be disabled at Configuration -> Terminal -> Features -> Disable remote-controlled terminal resizing, as described in PuTTY configuration. Don't really know why reattachin…

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