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From: storm@texas.dk (Kim F. Storm)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.bugs
Subject: Re: NN screws up screen if terminfo entry has flash capability
Message-ID: <369@texas.dk>
Date: 13 Jul 89 18:39:03 GMT
References: <779@ctisbv.UUCP>
Organization: Texas Instruments, Denmark
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pim@ctisbv.UUCP (Pim Zandbergen) writes:
>When I first ran NN, it  failed to clear the screen before it drew 
>the next one. In stead of the clear-screen escape sequence
>">\EA00" was sent to the screen.

That is because of a (depressingly trivial) mistake in the way I
handle the flash capability when terminfo is defined:  I *copy*
it into the space being occupied by the `bell' capability.  But
with terminfo, both `flash' and `bell' are just pointers into a
large array - which unfortunately also contains the `clear screen'
escape sequence etc. :-(

The bug will be fixed by patch #5 which also has a `visible-bell'
variable you can unset if you want to eliminate the flashing screen,
when the flash capability is defined.
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Kim F. Storm        storm@texas.dk        Tel +45 429 174 00
Texas Instruments, Marielundvej 46E, DK-2730 Herlev, Denmark
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