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Date:      Fri, 26 Jul 1996 09:16:17 +0100 (BST)
From:      Developer <dev@fgate.flevel.co.uk>
To:        Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>
Cc:        FreeBSD-current users <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: Termcap problems
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.93.960726091520.12815A-100000@fgate.flevel.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <199607251907.VAA22683@uriah.heep.sax.de>

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On Thu, 25 Jul 1996, J Wunsch wrote:

> As Developer wrote:
> 
> > Okay, for any window larger the 80 chars width it does it, but only in
> > certain directories like / on one machine.. here is the output
> > 
> > .CARD           bin/            fd0/            lib@            proc/
> > sys@
> > .LOCK           compat@         fnews/          lkm/            root/
> > tmp/
> > .cshrc          dcf/            ftmp/           lost+found/     sbin/
> > usr/
> > .newuser        dev/            httpd@          man@            schoolwww@
> > var/
> > .profile        etc/            kernel*         mnt/            stand@
> > www@
> > amitcp/         fastboot        kernel.old*     news@           store/
> > 
> > #stty -a
> > 
> > speed 9600 baud; 24 rows; 110 columns;
> 
> Perhaps a miscalculation that only hits in some special case.  I bet
> if you turn off the -F, it will look normally.
> 
> You could have a look into the column number calculation, and file a
> PR once you've got a fix. :-))

I see - you think the bug might be in ls? The strange thing is if I put on
an old termcap from FreeBSD2.0 release I don`t get this problem.

Thanks.

Trefor S.





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