Paul Maier-2 wrote: > > Hi, > > scrolling up the console output to review the console history, then > pressing > Enter scrambles the console. > > This is Cygwin-specific: The same steps with Windows' cmd instead of bash > is working fine. > > > To reproduce: > > 1. Open Windows MS-DOS console, then start bash or tcsh or another shell. > 2. Enter something like ls to fill the screen > 3. scroll up > 4. press Enter > > > Observed behaviour: > - The command prompt and any subsequent command is printed *inside* the > old > console output. Current command line is full of old console stuff. > (See screen shot in the attachment.) > - Not possible to repair this by manually repositioning the cursor to the > end. > Scrolling down is possible, but pressing another Enter will scroll *up* > to > the scrambled position. The only way to get the cursor down is to > pressing > Enter for 1000 times, but the console output will be basically > overwritten > by these 1000 command prompts. > -> Result: Loss of the console; need to type exit and open a new window. > > > Expected behaviour: > - I expect the terminal to automatically scroll all the way down to the > latest line before printing any new characters. > > > Further details - This works: > - Pressing any other key (e. g. letter a) does scroll the terminal down. > - Pressing arrow up (to review the command history) does scroll the > terminal down. > - Inside bash, type "cmd" to start a Windows cmd. The console behaves > immediately > fine. > - bash in xterm works fine. > > > Further details - Does not work: > - enter "echo ABC", do not press enter, but scroll up, then press enter. > "ABC" will print into the old console output followed by the command > prompt. > (See screen shot in the attachment.) > > > Thank you. > > Paul. > >
I confirm the problem. However, I cannot reproduce that, in your or any other way. I get scrambled console irregularly and unexpectedly, mainly when a program prints output when the console is scrolled or being scrolled. JK -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/pressing-ENTER-scrambles-scrolled-MS-DOS-console-tp32539946p32579698.html Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
