Well, that's just fascinating. What I see in there immediately is the menu bar and quickhelp overlaying themselves:
Actions Undo Package RAectsioolnsve r U n doS ear cPhac k agOep t ioRness o lvVeir e wSs eHaelrpcESCh[ K Options Views HelpESC[KESC[2;1HC-T:C -MeT:n uM e n?u : ?:H eHellpp qq:: QQui uti t u :u :Up dUapted a teg g:: DDoownlwonaloda/Idnst/aIlln/sRtaell/moRvee mPovke Pgksgs I'm still clueless about why this might happen, but it at least gives me a clue that a race condition must exist and approximately where it might be happening. I also wonder if it's significant that this only happens on the first redraw after initializing curses. It's *not* significant that the interleaving is at the character level: the output is generated by curses, which apparently uses character-sized writes. Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]