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From: guy@b11.INGR.COM (Guy Streeter)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5
Subject: Re: bug in pg on System V
Summary: oops
Keywords: pg autowrap no-newline
Message-ID: <478@b11.INGR.COM>
Date: 16 Apr 89 16:34:28 GMT
References: <4935@ingr.com> <464@b11.INGR.COM> <10038@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Reply-To: b11!guy@ingr.com (Guy Streeter)
Organization: Faces in the Heart
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In article <10038@smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn) writes:
>In article <464@b11.INGR.COM> ingr!b11!guy (Guy Streeter) writes:
>>The auto-wrap function of the DEC VTxxx-series does function in
>>exactly the way expected of the auto-margin capability of terminfo,
>
>Excuse me, but it most certainly does not.

That's what I get for not carefully proofreading my posting.  It was supposed
to say "... does _not_ function in ...".

The difference is that auto-wrap on the DEC VT-series will wrap if a
printable character or a space (but not a tab) is output with the cursor
at the rightmost edge of the screen.  Commands to move the cursor
forward will not cause wrap.  The terminfo/termcap "am" capability
implies that the wrap will occur in any case.

>VT100 termcap/terminfo descriptions should NOT specify "am" even if
>the margin wrap option of the terminal is enabled.

More specifically, the auto-wrap option of the VT terminal should be
turned off, and "am" not specified in termcap/terminfo, when a program
which uses curses is to be run.

--
Guy "I proofread this one, he said" Streeter
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