On Fri, 2021-08-13 at 22:37 -0600, Brian Inglis wrote: > 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 <lin...@mindspring.com> 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@ESG-Win10-1 ~ > > > > > $ echo $TERM > > > > > xterm > > > > > > > > > > lhicks@ESG-Win10-1 ~ > > > > > $ which less > > > > > /usr/bin/less > > > > > > > > > > lhicks@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@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. > [Data in binary units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.] >
Oracle Linux 7.4 frozen in time. I haven't been able to get them to apply any updates since these machines went into service. XTerm(363) -- from Cygwin ncurses-5.9-13.20130511.el7.x86_64 -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
