> I have found that two lines in /etc/screenrc cause the nano editor to get one > line off in its text buffer display when running gnu screen in a mintty > terminal on cygwin64. The two lines are as follows (the ones beginning with > "termcap" and "terminfo"): > > ># Do not use xterms alternate window buffer. > ># This one would not add lines to the scrollback buffer. > ># THESE CAUSE PROBLEMS WITH 64-BIT CYGWIN AND NANO EDITOR IN MINTTY > > > > > >termcap xterm|xterms|xs ti=\E7\E[?47l > >terminfo xterm|xterms|xs ti=\E7\E[?47l > > Commenting them out (putting hash characters before "termcap" and "terminfo" > solved the problem for me. I have never seen this issue on cygwin32. > > To reproduce: on cygwin64, start a mintty terminal, start gnu screen, then > edit a file in nano. Soon you will see the text buffer display become > garbled. Comment out the two lines identified above in /etc/screenrc and > notice that the problem does not occur.
OK, I got my 64-bit computer back and have just tried to reproduce this, but I can't. I started mintty, started screen, ran nano, and edited a large text file, paging up and down through it and adding and deleting lines. The display stayed fine. I tried it a few times with the same result. Are you still having this problem? If so, please follow the bug reporting guidelines at http://cygwin.com/problems.html. Andrew -- 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
