Re: TerminalView.Count

[Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 13 Apr 2024 at 17:37, Benoît Minisini <
benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Le 13/04/2024 à 17:56, Bruce Steers a écrit :
> > If i have a terminalview with a single prompt line i can read
> > TerminalView1.Count
> >
> > It'll be 1
> >
> > If i press the up arrow and a line appears that takes up more than one
> > line , say 3 , .Count will then be 3
> >
> > If i press up again and get a short single line Count will still be 3.
> >
> > It seems the count grows to fit the larger text but it does not reduce
> > if the text does.
> >
> > Is there a way to fix this?
> >
> > Cheers
> > BruceS
> >
>
> It's by design. As soon as you move the cursor somewhere, the screen is
> extended, and I don't see why exactly we should try to stretch the
> screen (and  I don't know if it is possible without checking the screen
> permanently). It's a terminal, not a text editor.
>
> --
> Benoît Minisini.

Okay then , so we can consider TerminalView.Count to be kind of
useless/unreliable then if you want to know how many lines of text are
showing.
BruceS