delorie.com/archives/browse.cgi   search  
Mail Archives: cygwin/1997/07/29/06:27:03

From: ian AT parti DOT inforum DOT org (Ian)
Subject: Re: 'less' command messages.
29 Jul 1997 06:27:03 -0700 :
Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com
Distribution: cygnus
Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19970729052548.008a3920.cygnus.gnu-win32@192.160.61.2>
References: <01BC9BAB DOT D260BF80 AT port17 DOT tc3 DOT hol DOT gr>
Mime-Version: 1.0
X-Sender: ian AT 192 DOT 160 DOT 61 DOT 2
X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.1 (32)
Original-To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com
In-Reply-To: <memo.19970729031834.45313E@horus.cix.co.uk>
Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

At 03:18 AM 7/29/97 +0100, Pete Jordan shaped the electrons thusly:
>Panos Platon Tsapralis <pan AT hol DOT gr> complained:
>> 	when I use the 'less' command, I see a message on-screen, that
>> says :
>>
>> 	WARNING: terminal is not fully functional
>>
>> 	and it then proceeds O.K. Also, when it comes to an end, exiting
>> to the command line, it does not erase the bottom line of the screen to
>> its right end, allthough it should, but simply overwrites it with the
>> command line prompt, starting, of course, at the left side of the
>> screen. So, what am I missing ?
>
>Try:
>
>1. setting TERM=linux
>2. Installing Sergey's patches.

3. adding a terminfo entry for xterm-color (if you're having this
   problem in an rxvt)

>Pete Jordan

-- 
Ian Reinhart
ian AT parti DOT inforum DOT org
-
For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to
"gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".

- Raw text -


  webmaster     delorie software   privacy  
  Copyright © 2019   by DJ Delorie     Updated Jul 2019