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From: phr@anuck.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.bugs.misc
Subject: curses and terminfo
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Date: Fri, 4-Dec-87 08:33:53 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  4 08:33:53 1987
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I need help from people who have used Curses and are familiar with
terminfo.  Recently I have been using curses and have noted some
strange behavior.  I am not sure if the problems represent "features"
of curses or are indicating that I am using curses incorrectly.  Any
help on the following is appreciated.

1.  I have noticed that cursors can not create a box around a window
    which is the size of the entire screen.  The last row, last column
    position remains "unboxed".

2.  The screen cursor often flickers across the screen as I enter
    text when using getstr or getch.  This flickering seems to be
    worse if I have used reverse video for displaying any text or boxes
    on the screen.

3.  If I define a boxed window, with a reverse video border, which starts
    in column 2 of the screen, the border appears in column 1 and 2, except
    for the very first row and column which does not contain the border.

Has anyone else experienced this strange behavior with Curses?  Is it a
problem with the tool or with the application using curses?  

Thanks for any suggestions.

L. Hilliard
8-245-4595
MV 3E-11
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