From: cgf AT bbc DOT com (Chris Faylor)
Subject: Re: termcap issues...
6 Aug 1997 22:14:16 -0700
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In article <9708061342 DOT AA38522 AT hagar DOT aspentec DOT com>,
Jerome Gay <gay AT aspentec DOT com> wrote:
>I'm using b18 with latest coolview (01-Aug) under NT4SP3...
>I got some strange problems with termcap...
>I've exported TERM=linux
>If  I export also TERMCAP=/etc/termcap (containing the linux entry), less
>(3.32) behave strangely, it starts paging from the top of the sreen,
>overwriting previous information...
>Maybe that's because I use bash inside an NT Command Prompt with scroll-bar
>(I set a buffer size of 1000 lines in the shortcut properties).

I notice the same thing.  Actually, I think it is a bug in less's handling
of scrolling regions.  It is definitely triggered by the scrollbar.

>BUT, if I set TERMCAP=/etc/termcap/linux, less behaves _normally_, but with
>a 'Warning: terminal not fully functional'

You're pointing the TERMCAP environment variable to a non-existent file.
That probably forces less to redraw the screen rather than attempt to scroll.
That will work but it will be slow.
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