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From: dave@ucms.UUCP (Dave Settle)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.questions
Subject: curses routine displays padding info ...
Summary: the 'putp' routine does not apply padding info, just displays it.
Keywords: System V, curses, padding
Message-ID: <177@ucms.ucms.uucp>
Date: 12 Jan 89 12:58:37 GMT
Reply-To: dave@ucms.UUCP (Dave Settle)
Organization: Universal (CMS) Ltd, Leicester, UK
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I'm having a problem using curses(3X), with terminals which use padding.

Instead of the padding being _interpreted_ by the curses routines, it simply
gets plonked on the screen, leaving it full of '$<5>' sequences where
I've used cursor motion. (The definition of 'cm' in the terminfo file includes
the string '$<5>', as padding requirement.)

The line concerned is:

        putp(tparm(cursor_address, row, col));

In the manual, it clearly states that 'putp' calls 'tputs' which
	"appl[ies] padding info to [the string] ..."

However, clearly the padding information is NOT being 'applied', but merely
displayed.

This happens on all the System V machines I have tried (Convergent, HP-UX,
IBM 6150 [ok - don't tell me], Unisys 5000/95), so clearly I'm doing something
wrong.

Anybody enlighten me?

Cheers,
	Dave.
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