Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!cmcl2!phri!marob!djs!root From: root@djs.UUCP (Super User) Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport Subject: Another curses bug Keywords: bugs, curses, console driver Message-ID: <187@djs.UUCP> Date: 4 Dec 88 08:47:04 GMT Organization: Village Software Lines: 16 Looks like setupterm() cannot be used with the large memory model. A core dump results when any of the following calls are made: setupterm(NULL, 1, NULL), or setupterm(getenv("TERM"), 1, NULL), or setupterm(getenv("TERM"), 1, &err). The recommended usage, namely setupterm(0, 1, 0), also results in a core dump, but this is not too surprising. Unfortunately, it also appears that curses is not very useful in the Microport environment, for screens are often not updated correctly when they are refreshed (this has been verified by running programs that employ curses, and that work fine in other environments). -- Dominick Samperi, Manhattan College, NYC manhat!samperi@NYU.EDU ihnp4!rutgers!nyu.edu!manhat!samperi philabs!cmcl2!manhat!samperi ihnp4!rutgers!hombre!samperi (^ that's an ell) uunet!swlabs!mancol!samperi