#998845 whiptail: broken display if width >= 513

Package:
whiptail
Source:
newt
Description:
Displays user-friendly dialog boxes from shell scripts
Submitter:
nix
Date:
2021-11-08 14:54:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#998845#5
Date:
2021-11-08 14:51:29 UTC
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I have an ultrawide screen (32:9) and the whiptail dialogs are driving me
crazy, when shown on aptitude configurations or the like.

My terminal has 639 characters in width and the dialogs are broken. I've
attached a screenshot of working on 512 width and broken on 513 width, resp.
When broken, text outside the "viewport" would not be visible at all.