Debian bug report logs - #1314 , boring messages ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1314: ncurses fails in silly way on TERM=dumb Reply-To: Ian Jackson , Bill Mitchell , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: Ian Jackson Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Tue, 05 Sep 1995 23:18:02 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: ncurses-developer X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Tue, 05 Sep 1995 23:18:02 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Tue, 05 Sep 1995 23:07:23 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sq5AJ-000FGAA; Tue, 5 Sep 95 14:04 PDT Received: from bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA20090 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Tue, 5 Sep 1995 14:04:04 -0700 Received: by bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #36) id m0sq59b-000C0AA; Tue, 5 Sep 95 22:03 BST Received: by chiark id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Tue, 5 Sep 95 21:41 BST Message-Id: Date: Tue, 5 Sep 95 21:41 BST From: Ian Jackson To: Debian bugs submission address Cc: Bill Mitchell Precedence: air-mail Package: ncurses-developer Version: 1.9.3-1 chiark:~> TERM=dumb dselect Debian GNU/Linux `dselect' package handling frontend. * 0. [A]ccess Choose the access method to use. 1. [U]pdate Update list of available packages, if possible. 2. [S]elect Select which packages to install (or deinstall). 3. [I]nstall Install selected software. 4. [C]onfig Configure packages that are unconfigured. 5. [R]emove Remove software selected for deinstallation. 6. [Q]uit Quit dselect. Use ^P and ^N, cursor keys, initial letters, or digits to select;Press ENTER to confirm selection. ^L to redraw screen. Version 0.93.72. Copyright (C) 1994,1995 Ian Jackson. This isfree software; see the GNU General Public Licence version 2 or later forcopying conditions. There is NO warranty. See dselect --licence for details. 0. [A]ccess Choose the access method to use. * 6. [Q]uit Quit dselect. chiark:~> As you can see, no terminal movement strings were sent, however ncurses doesn't appear to have given any indication to dselect that things weren't proceeding appropriately. The ncurses manpages don't appear to document the need to make a special `powerful-enough' check call. Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Ian Jackson , Bill Mitchell Subject: Bug#1314: Acknowledgement (was: ncurses fails in silly way on TERM=dumb) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian GNU/Linux. This is an automatically generated reply, to let you know your message has been received. It is being forwarded to the developers' mailing list for their attention; they will reply in due course. If you wish to submit further information on your problem, please send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, but please ensure that the Subject line of your message starts with "Bug#1314" or "Re: Bug#1314" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. 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Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1314: ncurses fails in silly way on TERM=dumb Reply-To: Bruce Perens , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: Bruce Perens Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Wed, 06 Sep 1995 00:33:02 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: ncurses-developer X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Wed, 06 Sep 1995 00:33:02 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Wed, 06 Sep 1995 00:24:16 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sq8Gm-000EKcC; Tue, 5 Sep 95 17:23 PDT Received: from mongo.pixar.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA29501 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for bruce@mongo.pixar.com); Tue, 5 Sep 1995 17:23:00 -0700 Received: by mongo.pixar.com (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sq8Fj-000EKcC; Tue, 5 Sep 95 17:22 PDT Message-Id: X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.2 7/18/95 To: Ian Jackson , Bill Mitchell , debian-bugs@Pixar.com Cc: bruce@Pixar.com In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 05 Sep 1995 21:41:00 PDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 05 Sep 1995 17:22:07 -0700 From: Bruce Perens This may still be a documentation bug, but here's how to perform the test: To test if a terminal has cursor addressing: char * s; if ( (s = tigetstr("cup")) != 0 && *s != 0 ) /* Terminal has cursor addressing */ This is usually sufficient to weed out the dumb terminals and hardcopy devices. If your program depends on standout, you can add a similar test for that capability. Thanks Bruce -- -- Attention Radio Amateurs: For information on "Linux for Hams", -- read the WWW page http://www.hams.com/LinuxForHams, -- or e-mail the word "help" to info@hams.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Bruce Perens Subject: Bug#1314: Info received (was Bug#1314: ncurses fails in silly way on TERM=dumb) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the developers to accompany the original report. If you wish to continue to submit further information on your problem, please do the same thing again: send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, ensuring that the Subject line starts with "Bug#1314" or "Re: Bug#1314" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. 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Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1314: ncurses fails in silly way on TERM=dumb Reply-To: Ian Jackson , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: Ian Jackson Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Thu, 07 Sep 1995 12:33:01 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: ncurses-developer X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Thu, 07 Sep 1995 12:33:01 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Thu, 07 Sep 1995 12:18:01 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sqfs7-000F6gC; Thu, 7 Sep 95 05:15 PDT Received: from bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA08020 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Thu, 7 Sep 1995 05:15:46 -0700 Received: by bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #36) id m0sqfs2-000C0JC; Thu, 7 Sep 95 13:15 BST Received: by chiark id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Wed, 6 Sep 95 20:13 BST Message-Id: Date: Wed, 6 Sep 95 20:13 BST From: Ian Jackson To: debian-bugs@Pixar.com In-Reply-To: References: Bruce Perens writes ("Re: Bug#1314: ncurses fails in silly way on TERM=dumb "): > This may still be a documentation bug, but here's how to perform the test: > > To test if a terminal has cursor addressing: > char * s; > if ( (s = tigetstr("cup")) != 0 && *s != 0 ) > /* Terminal has cursor addressing */ > > This is usually sufficient to weed out the dumb terminals and hardcopy > devices. If your program depends on standout, you can add a similar test > for that capability. Thanks. I'll include this in 0.93.73. Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Ian Jackson Subject: Bug#1314: Info received (was Bug#1314: ncurses fails in silly way on TERM=dumb) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the developers to accompany the original report. If you wish to continue to submit further information on your problem, please do the same thing again: send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, ensuring that the Subject line starts with "Bug#1314" or "Re: Bug#1314" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. 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