On 06/13/1999 (17:55:47), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> With xterm "XFree86 3.3.2.3" as the terminal, terminfo from redhat 5.2
>
> mutt 0.96.2 with slang 1.2.2 on redhat 6:
> non colored lines are properly terminated
> colored lines have spaces all the way to the edge of the screen
> This can be seen either by cutting and pasting the entire line, or when
> you highlight a colored line to select it, notice that the inverse color
> actually goes to the edge of the screen.
Exactly. See below.
> With ncurses 4.2, this does not happen. When you highlight a colored
> line, only the part of the line which was in color will be in reverse
> color, the rest of the line is reverse of the regular screen color.
>
> This is white on black, with all colors as color on black. I verified
> that mutt was linked with the right version of the library in each case.
Sadly enough, my experiences with ncurses 4.2 are only but
slightly different when compared to it's 1.8.6 counterpart.
> This is the problem I remembered. I do not know if this is fixed in the
> latest version of slang, and I have never seen ncurses do this, but I
> haven't exhaustively tested it either.
For the record, folks, if you're pondering what the hell I
keep bitching about, check out the following URL:
http://www.parodius.com/mutt-trouble/
I put up this little blurb and included GIF snapshots of the
problem I am referring to. Note that ncurses 1.8.6 and 4.2
do differ, but the excessive padding *STILL* occurs even in
4.2 -- although it is different :-).
Also on this page I have included my termcap definitions
(the terminfo counterparts were used in the case of ncurses
4.2 using tconv(1) under FreeBSD to convert termcap->terminfo).
I will post the results of slang 1.3.7 later tomorrow morning,
but I can safely say that if my memory serves me right, they
look identical to Picture 4 (and in the case of "B&W" vt102,
the same!).
I hope people will now begin to realize that the problem is
not entirely "a slang problem," but goes much deeper than that.
Thanks for all the responses and feedback!
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