Hi,<br>Shell-mode doesn&#39;t update the COLUMNS env var, which prevents from having pretty ls for example when resizing the window. I made a patch for this, but I&#39;m not sure how it should be inserted into main code, so I&#39;m submitting it in the hope someone will do that. It should be straightforward though. Here&#39;s the code, to be included in shell.el<br>
<br>;;listen for window configuration changes to modify COLUMNS<br>(add-hook &#39;window-configuration-change-hook <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; (lambda ()<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (if (eq major-mode &#39;shell-mode) (change-columns))))<br><br>;;filters one and exactly one input<br>
(defun filter-all (string)<br>&nbsp; (remove-hook &#39;comint-preoutput-filter-functions &#39;filter-all)<br>&nbsp; &quot;&quot;)<br><br>;;tells the shell to change column, and discard reply (which should<br>;;be a prompt)<br>(defun change-columns ()<br>
&nbsp; (add-hook &#39;comint-preoutput-filter-functions &#39;filter-all)<br>&nbsp; (funcall comint-input-sender<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (get-buffer-process (current-buffer))<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (format &quot;export COLUMNS=%d&quot; (window-width)))<br>&nbsp; (accept-process-output))<br>
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