From: kunglao AT prairienet DOT org Subject: RE: ncurses/termcap, just won't clear the screen? 20 May 1997 17:45:12 -0700 Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <199705201132.GAA10230.cygnus.gnu-win32@bluestem.prairienet.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Comments: Authenticated sender is Original-To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com In-reply-to: <01BC6509.875CACC0@gater.krystalbank.msk.ru> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v2.53/R1) Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com > kunglao AT prairienet DOT org wrote: > > > > I've just rebuilt termcap & ncurses, that went fine. But now I'm > > trying to run some of the test programs that ncurses has. And it > > appears that it just cannot erase the screen. The curses is set to > > the top of the window, but all the text is still there. I've tried a > > few different things for my TERM env variable, linux, ansi, pc-ansi, > > vt100, etc. They all behaved the same. > > > > Is your /etc/termcap right? copied from /usr/etc after the install. I have now found that unixpc and vt200 can clear the screen, but then they cannot do things like color, inverse, etc. in the ncurses tests. I'll have to skim through the termcap and see what it's doing different with these. --- "Oh, what sad times are these when passing ruffians can say 'Ni!' at will to old ladies. There is a pestulance upon this land, nothing is sacred. Even those who arrange and design shrubberies are under considerable economic stress of this period of history." -- Roger the Shrubber - 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".