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From: net@tub.UUCP (Oliver Laumann)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.bugs
Subject: Re: screen emulation bug
Message-ID: <799@tub.UUCP>
Date: 21 Mar 89 11:46:59 GMT
References: <2690@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>
Reply-To: net@tub.UUCP (Oliver Laumann)
Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany
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In article <2690@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu writes:
> I have tracked the problem down to CursorRight, which refuses to move
> the cursor to the right if a character has been printed in the
> rightmost position (causing a wrap).  In other words, screen thinks
> that CursorRight won't cause a wrap.

This is a feature of the VT100 (and descendants such as VT220 and
VT320); try it out in local mode.  Since my ANSI X3.64 document has
vanished from my desk, I can't look what the standard says about this.

Regards,
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Oliver Laumann              net@TUB.BITNET              net@tub.UUCP