TUI with Ubuntu Snap version won't word wrap or resize when window changes
Author: ozskywalkerCreated Sep 11, 2026Updated Sep 11, 2026
Describe the bug
Current Ubuntu Snap version of glow will word wrap nor resize for current window when running with --tui
Setup
- OS: Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS
- Shell: bash
- Terminal Emulator: Windows Terminal & macOS's Terminal.app
- Terminal Multiplexer: none
- Locale: en_US
To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- Install glow from snap
- Open a markdown file in TUI mode (glow -t file.md)
- Text does not wrap around
- Resize window
- Window goes blank
Expected behavior E1. Text should be wrapped E2. Terminal should not go blank when the terminal is resized
Mitigation Uninstall snap package, install fresh via Go & add Go bin path to $PATH
Additional info Snap package info
name: glow
summary: Render markdown on the CLI, with pizzazz!
publisher: Charm (charmbracelet)
store-url: https://snapcraft.io/glow
contact: https://charm.sh
license: MIT
description: |
Glow is a terminal based markdown reader designed from the ground up to bring out the beauty—and
power—of the CLI.
Use it to discover markdown files, read documentation directly on the command line and stash
markdown files to your own private collection so you can read them anywhere. Glow will find local
markdown files in subdirectories or a local Git repository.
snap-id: BDiLHLZUf65hITQ34wOjTH2IBIm7jIrf
channels:
latest/stable: 2.1.1 2025-05-30 (90) 5.15MB -
latest/candidate: 2.1.1 2025-05-30 (90) 5.15MB -
latest/beta: 2.1.1 2025-05-30 (90) 5.15MB -
latest/edge: 2.1.1 2025-05-30 (90) 5.15MB -Source: charmbracelet/glow