On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 04:41:10PM -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote: > The other relevant part is the computation for Screen_cols, which starts > with the value from the terminfo (80) and allows the $COLUMNS environment > variable to override it. The avoid_last_column flag is checked after > this. It is possible for $COLUMNS to be grossly inaccurate, even if it > is set to 81 it would produce the effect you are seeing. > > http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-10/msg00454.html > > suggested a problem in this area, but I do not see any response to those > points.
I can use the Cygwin cmd.exe window to ssh to a Debian/unstable system, and run top, without a problem. I can then ssh from there to a Debian sarge system, and reproduce the problem. The terminfo descriptions are the same. This suggests a bug in ncurses, between the 5.4-4 and 5.5-1 packages. That's from the 20040320 patch to now, a rather long time. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery, LLC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
