X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Original-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 5846C3857C73 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=SystematicSw.ab.ca Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=systematicsw.ab.ca X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=FMjee8ks c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=6117489e a=T+ovY1NZ+FAi/xYICV7Bgg==:117 a=T+ovY1NZ+FAi/xYICV7Bgg==:17 a=EsK34FSoenf5cgfM:21 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=84BadPHTAAAA:8 a=4avBbA3pAAAA:8 a=TImcKGuyeGIbufSLrCcA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=YJMnI0FBlXBVzWxbAmmr:22 a=FNuvnhAvCZ4ZEIA-sn9Q:22 Subject: Re: Display text file using less in Cygwin terminal or xterm incorrect when lines are longer than window width To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References:

<86bb7e63a858d60c486d7a948e168e96d98d38c8 DOT camel AT mindspring DOT com> <3c3a1c8172fcd73543caf9d38e49d9ca026cb1da DOT camel AT mindspring DOT com> <20210814114840 DOT 2153e305142d531aa27f6607 AT nifty DOT ne DOT jp> <16e4670dc37e79c55143fbe6d579240319bc80aa DOT camel AT mindspring DOT com> <937c1d036e9e77c2f757e57487ad7fd5ffe84d22 DOT camel AT mindspring DOT com> <20210814125923 DOT 367d7fb24ea478d95ff47a21 AT nifty DOT ne DOT jp> <6d10ac64d5a0300342cc357a1f5ecd0fb149c9b5 DOT camel AT mindspring DOT com> From: Brian Inglis Organization: Systematic Software Message-ID: <3dcdd1b9-cd34-3edb-f07d-b90ee29f8852@SystematicSw.ab.ca> Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2021 22:37:49 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.13.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <6d10ac64d5a0300342cc357a1f5ecd0fb149c9b5.camel@mindspring.com> Content-Language: en-CA X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4xfPmLrUQSoiJ+vF+wOukC9qnBC68mqvzxkjoO/EOY/IkkvR7ZYs88CpZOpKiNPYMhFWZ/ODrseTrie8Y9oiLAqnZv5aoGcvh15GGSSN+Hb5rln6WyIJrb CXzBLafcuNmmIJUjvGuBO5peyMedax5X7e5esOQVYs7iCavJrL1kDl9F952h2BdqXqqXj2EzBpAP4n+4oDymfnlHVyVYrZxXYps= X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1160.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_BARRACUDACENTRAL, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Errors-To: cygwin-bounces+archive-cygwin=delorie DOT com AT cygwin DOT com Sender: "Cygwin" On 2021-08-13 22:05, C Linus Hicks via Cygwin wrote: > On Sat, 2021-08-14 at 12:59 +0900, Takashi Yano wrote: >> On Fri, 13 Aug 2021 23:46:35 -0400 >> C Linus Hicks wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 2021-08-13 at 23:27 -0400, C Linus Hicks via Cygwin wrote: >>>> On Sat, 2021-08-14 at 11:48 +0900, Takashi Yano wrote: >>>>> On Fri, 13 Aug 2021 21:47:53 -0400 >>>>> C Linus Hicks wrote: >>>>>> On Mon, 2021-08-09 at 15:17 -0400, C Linus Hicks via Cygwin wrote: >>>>>>> On Sat, 2021-08-07 at 13:33 -0600, Brian Inglis wrote: >>>>>>>> Works Just Fine For Me! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> This is Cygwin 64 on Windows 10 in a VirtualBox VM, cygcheck output attached. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> It has been a while since I updated Cygwin; as long as it serves my purpose, I generally don't focus >>>>>>> on that; it is just a tool I use. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Since I did open this thread, of course I need to make sure I am up-to-date. I have now done that >>>>>>> and I don't see issues with Cygwin terminal and less, although that is not really where I am >>>>>>> focusing. I mostly use xterm windows just because there are several characteristics I like about it. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I am still seeing issues with xterm and less, as I stated in my original post. >>>>>>> >>>>>> Did I post this in the wrong list? I have not gotten a response since my update. >>>>> >>>>> 1) Does your problem also happen even if the text file contains only >>>>> ASCII chars? >>>>> 2) What does 'which less' say? >>>>> 3) What does 'infocmp' say? >>>>> >>>> >>>> Most of the files I view have only ASCII text. >>>> >>>> lhicks AT ESG-Win10-1 ~ >>>> $ echo $TERM >>>> xterm >>>> >>>> lhicks AT ESG-Win10-1 ~ >>>> $ which less >>>> /usr/bin/less >>>> >>>> lhicks AT ESG-Win10-1 ~ >>>> $ infocmp >>>> # Reconstructed via infocmp from file: /usr/share/terminfo/78/xterm >>>> >>> >>> I should further note that much of the time I am ssh'ed into one of several different Linux >>> machines, so in that case, I would be running less from the Linux machine and displaying in the >>> Cygwin xterm. >>> >>> Hmmm, so now I'm starting to think the combination I have trouble with is an older less on a Linux >>> machine and Cygwin xterm. I don't control what is installed on some of these Linux machines. Do you >>> know if there were known issues with less, for example, the following is one that has significant >>> issues: >>> >>> [appldev3 AT ebs-app-dev3 HAF]$ less --version >>> less 458 (POSIX regular expressions) >>> Copyright (C) 1984-2012 Mark Nudelman >>> >>> less comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. >>> For information about the terms of redistribution, >>> see the file named README in the less distribution. >>> Homepage: http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less >> >> Then, could you please let us know the result of infocmp in the Linux >> machine you run the less obove in cygwin xterm? CentOS 7? xterm 295? ncurses 5.9? -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. 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