Terminal window truncating output

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sat, 24 Jan 2015 21:11:26 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> Perhaps I am spoiled from gnome terminal wrapping text be default....

That's strange, since xfce4-terminal does auto-wrap lines by default on
my machine. However, if you prefer gnome-terminal, you can use it on
Xfce4. IMO the best terminal emulation is roxterm, that's what I'm
most of the times using whatever DE/WM I run.

When the lines aren't wrapped, isn't there a horizontal scroll bar?

JFTR, the xfce4-terminal version I've got installed, that does wrap
lines is
[rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ pacman -Q xfce4-terminal 
xfce4-terminal 0.6.3-1

[rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ cat .config/xfce4/terminal/terminalrc 
[Configuration]
MiscAlwaysShowTabs=FALSE
MiscBell=TRUE
MiscBordersDefault=TRUE
MiscCursorBlinks=FALSE
MiscCursorShape=TERMINAL_CURSOR_SHAPE_BLOCK
MiscDefaultGeometry=80x24
MiscInheritGeometry=FALSE
MiscMenubarDefault=TRUE
MiscMouseAutohide=FALSE
MiscToolbarDefault=FALSE
MiscConfirmClose=TRUE
MiscCycleTabs=TRUE
MiscTabCloseButtons=TRUE
MiscTabCloseMiddleClick=TRUE
MiscTabPosition=GTK_POS_TOP
MiscHighlightUrls=TRUE

I don't know where the other preferences are stored, however,
Edit > Preferences > Compatibility > Reset Compatibility options to
default (e.g. Emulation setting: xterm)
xterm by default also warps lines on my machine.