I found it! Manhole.terminalSize, inherited from RecvLine, does self.terminal.eraseDisplay(). t.c.manhole_ssh.TerminalSessionTransport.__init__ calls terminalSize *after* makeConnection.
Since setting the terminal size is a sensible thing to do, and it can't be done before the connection is made, I'm not sure that much can be done about this. I was able to make my message stay visible by overriding terminalSize with a version that didn't erase, but that isn't very clean or general. Peter. _______________________________________________ Twisted-Python mailing list Twisted-Python@twistedmatrix.com http://twistedmatrix.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twisted-python
