Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rti-sel.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!rti-sel!trt From: trt@rti-sel.UUCP (Tom Truscott) Newsgroups: net.bugs.4bsd,net.unix,net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Bugs in Curses (fix!) Message-ID: <366@rti-sel.UUCP> Date: Wed, 21-Aug-85 14:41:47 EDT Article-I.D.: rti-sel.366 Posted: Wed Aug 21 14:41:47 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 15:08:38 EDT References: <495@riccb.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Research Triangle Institute, NC Lines: 14 Xref: watmath net.bugs.4bsd:1699 net.unix:5432 net.unix-wizards:14486 > The problem is in refresh.c. Change line 227 from: > while (*nsp == *csp) > to > while (wx < win->_maxx && *nsp == *csp) [enter horn blowing mode] This fix is (fortunately enough) in the '4.2 BSD libcurses patch kit' that was posted two weeks ago along with the window manager. The kit fixes quite a few bugs, and I highly recommend it to anyone struggling with a mostly-vanilla 4.2 curses. Unfortunately the patch kit was posted as 'part 4' of WM so some people may have missed it. Look for it in your (or a neighbor's) mod.sources newsgroup. Tom Truscott