Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 17:44:16 -0400 From: John Clark <jrclark@felix.iupui.edu> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Bad position of prompt after login Message-ID: <2.2.32.19960522214416.0068fda4@felix.iupui.edu>
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Hello all, I was wondering if someone could help me understand the way the tcsh shell prompt is positioned. I have a motd file that is about 15 lines long, and after it is printed, the cursor is placed on line 25. Since I have a 32 line display, this clobbers the motd. Not so bad on a 25 line display, it just goes to the bottom, however, all other unix tcsh shells just move one line forward of the current position to place the prompt. I have looked through the .cshrc and .login files for the culprit, but it would seem to be a function of the BSD tcsh itself. After pouring over the login.c source code, I see it is not there either. Is anyone familiar with this? If I su from line 32, it sticks the prompt always at line 25, and I have to look to see the prompt. I do not want to put a clear statement into the startup script, as that is a poor solution. I am emulating a vt220, and other unicies have no trouble detecting proper screen size. What to do... Thanks, --John [jrclark@indy.net]
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