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Subject:	Re: Problems with terminal doesn't display visual elements properly
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On 18 March 2011 06:12, Andy Koppe wrote:
>
> On 17 March 2011 22:09, Diego Queiroz wrote:
> > Hello.
> >
> > I need some help.
> > My terminal started with a very strange behavior today.
> > Many programs are not displaying correctly and I don't know why.
> >
> > I uploaded this picture: http://img851.imageshack.us/i/screenshotfc.png/
> > The two windows at the top are displaying the "nano" and "top"
> > programs using putty.
> > The two windows at the bottom are displaying the same programs using
> > cygwin, respectively.
> >
> > As you can see, the visual of the applications is different, and that's not all.
> > I'm really not able to work with these applications because of this
> > problem. Actually, any visual enhancement is not working properly.
> > Even grep with --color option isn't working correctly.
> >
> > In the image, both programs are connected to the same server thru ssh,
> > so IMO the problem is not related with server configuration or any
> > tool specific setting.
> > The problem also occurs when using cygwin in the local machine.
> >
> > I'm almost sure the problem is related with the dos emulator, but I
> > don't have an idea whats wrong.
> > The problem started when I did the last cygwin update (but I also
> > updated many programs in the machine together, so I don't know if
> > cygwin caused this).
>
> What's the server? Are you connecting with cygwin ssh (i.e.
> /usr/bin/ssh)? What's the TERM setting on the server? It should be
> 'cygwin'. or, if the server doesn't know that, 'vt100' should do.
>
> You might also want to try mintty (where TERM should be 'xterm').
>
> Andy

Hello Andy.
Thanks for your reply.

But it doesn't really matter.

Quote:
"IMO the problem is not related with server configuration or any tool
specific setting. The problem also occurs when using cygwin in the
local machine."

I mean, the same problem also occurs when I am connected with no
server at all (just the local installation of cygwin).


Regards,
---
Diego Queiroz

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