diff -Naur omnitty-0.2.9/main.c omnitty-0.2.9-1/main.c
--- omnitty-0.2.9/main.c	2004-10-28 02:45:07.000000000 +0200
+++ omnitty-0.2.9-1/main.c	2005-08-19 21:11:14.000000000 +0200
@@ -47,11 +47,16 @@
 
 /* how many characters wide the list window will be, by default */
 #define LISTWIN_DEFAULT_CHARS 8
+#define TERMWIN_DEFAULT_CHARS 80
+#define TERMWIN_MIN 80
 
-#define RTFM "Syntax: omnitty [-W list_width]\n" \
+#define RTFM "Syntax: omnitty [-W list_width] [-T term_width]\n" \
              "\n" \
              "     -W        specifies width of machine list area\n" \
              "               (default is 8 characters)\n" \
+             "\n" \
+             "     -T        specifies width of terminal area\n" \
+             "               (default is 80 characters)\n" \
              "\n"
 
 static WINDOW *listwin   = NULL;
@@ -116,17 +121,18 @@
  *
  * A = list_win_chars + 2
  */
-void wins_init(int *vtrows, int *vtcols, int list_win_chars) {
+void wins_init(int *vtrows, int *vtcols, int list_win_chars, int term_win_chars) {
    int termcols, termrows, A, B, C;
    const char *p;
 
+   printf("using list_width %i \nusing term_width %i\n", list_win_chars, term_win_chars);
    /* obtain terminal dimensions */
    getmaxyx(stdscr, termrows, termcols);
 
    /* the geometry is hard-coded here, but nowhere else... so I don't
     * see a lot of point using #defines or anything any more sophisticated */
    A = list_win_chars + 2;
-   C = termcols - 80;
+   C = termcols - term_win_chars;
    B = C-1;
    if (B < A) B = A, C = B + 1;
    
@@ -299,23 +305,31 @@
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-   static char optstr[] = "W:";
    int vtcols, vtrows, ch = 0;
    int list_win_chars = LISTWIN_DEFAULT_CHARS;
+   int term_win_chars = TERMWIN_DEFAULT_CHARS;
    bool quit = false;
    pid_t chldpid;
 
    /* process command-line options */
-   while ( 0 < (ch = getopt(argc, argv, optstr)) ) {
+   while ( 0 < (ch = getopt(argc, argv, "W:T:")) ) {
       switch (ch) {
          case 'W': list_win_chars = atoi(optarg); break;
+	 case 'T': term_win_chars = atoi(optarg);
+		   if( term_win_chars < TERMWIN_MIN ) {
+		       fprintf(stderr, " terminal area too narrow: %i\n", term_win_chars);
+		       fputs(RTFM, stderr);
+		       exit(2);
+		   }
+		   break;
          default: fputs(RTFM, stderr); exit(2);
       }
    }
+   printf("parsed args:\nlist_win_chars: %i\nterm_win_chars: %i\n", list_win_chars, term_win_chars);
 
    signal(SIGCHLD, sigchld_handler);
    curses_init();
-   wins_init(&vtrows, &vtcols, list_win_chars);
+   wins_init(&vtrows, &vtcols, list_win_chars, term_win_chars);
    menu_init(minibuf);
 
    machmgr_init(listwin, vtrows, vtcols);
diff -Naur omnitty-0.2.9/omnitty.1 omnitty-0.2.9-1/omnitty.1
--- omnitty-0.2.9/omnitty.1	2004-10-26 00:08:48.000000000 +0200
+++ omnitty-0.2.9-1/omnitty.1	2005-09-12 21:12:25.000000000 +0200
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@
 names, you might have to use this parameter to configure the desired
 width of the list window.
 
+.TP
+\fB-T\fR
+specifies the width of the terminal window, if the default is not
+satisfactory. For example, if you use omnitty in any X terminal with a 
+small font you can increase the with to see longer lines without 
+wrapping.
+
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