Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 00:09:53 +0300 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Terminal thinks start of line is first character of previous line Message-ID: <AANLkTintWmeSY_RwxWCXZqe6OSJuW1FPMdrTl5NfoZdg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTilbPhnvs_tuyM8yFvd1vBCmSSw36IhMHEOCZBwJ@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTiknR33al5pO8CcSRS9z5m4fEkWYCP23rAtzRM-C@mail.gmail.com> <20100521003408.118070d2.freebsd@edvax.de> <AANLkTilbPhnvs_tuyM8yFvd1vBCmSSw36IhMHEOCZBwJ@mail.gmail.com>
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>> On Fri, 21 May 2010 01:02:04 +0300, Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> wrote: >>> For some reason the output of my terminal at times seems to put the >>> first character of a line as the last character of the previous line. >>> This occurs with x11/Terminal x11/Eterm x11/xterm and probably others. >>> As far as I could tell this does not not occur on console but I have >>> not tested as thoroughly. >> >> When you state "at some times" for this strange shifting to happen, >> what programs are affected, for example, or is terminal output >> affected in general? > this often happens with ls output - but not all the time - it seems > only when ls doesn't do one column output > this. Some more testing: cat can do this with some files but not with all - I have to find a common denominator. -- Eitan Adler
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