From: cgf@bbc.com (Chris Faylor) Subject: Re: termcap issues... 6 Aug 1997 22:14:16 -0700 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: References: <9708061342.AA38522@hagar.aspentec.com> Reply-To: cgf@bbc.com X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test57 (27 Apr 97) Original-To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com X-Mailer: Perl5 Mail::Internet v1.28 Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com In article <9708061342.AA38522@hagar.aspentec.com>, Jerome Gay wrote: >I'm using b18 with latest coolview (01-Aug) under NT4SP3... >I got some strange problems with termcap... >I've exported TERM=linux >If I export also TERMCAP=/etc/termcap (containing the linux entry), less >(3.32) behave strangely, it starts paging from the top of the sreen, >overwriting previous information... >Maybe that's because I use bash inside an NT Command Prompt with scroll-bar >(I set a buffer size of 1000 lines in the shortcut properties). I notice the same thing. Actually, I think it is a bug in less's handling of scrolling regions. It is definitely triggered by the scrollbar. >BUT, if I set TERMCAP=/etc/termcap/linux, less behaves _normally_, but with >a 'Warning: terminal not fully functional' You're pointing the TERMCAP environment variable to a non-existent file. That probably forces less to redraw the screen rather than attempt to scroll. That will work but it will be slow. -- http://www.bbc.com/ cgf@bbc.com "Strange how unreal VMS=>UNIX Solutions Boston Business Computing the real can be." - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".