> > > Hi cygwin, > > I have found that two lines in /etc/screenrc cause the nano editor to get one > line off in its text buffer display when running gnu screen in a mintty > terminal on cygwin64. The two lines are as follows (the ones beginning with > "termcap" and "terminfo"): > > ># Do not use xterms alternate window buffer. > ># This one would not add lines to the scrollback buffer. > ># THESE CAUSE PROBLEMS WITH 64-BIT CYGWIN AND NANO EDITOR IN MINTTY > > > > > >termcap xterm|xterms|xs ti=\E7\E[?47l > >terminfo xterm|xterms|xs ti=\E7\E[?47l > > Commenting them out (putting hash characters before "termcap" and "terminfo" > solved the problem for me. I have never seen this issue on cygwin32. > > To reproduce: on cygwin64, start a mintty terminal, start gnu screen, then > edit a file in nano. Soon you will see the text buffer display become > garbled. Comment out the two lines identified above in /etc/screenrc and > notice that the problem does not occur.
James, thanks for the report. I haven't had any time lately to focus on Cygwin, and my one 64-bit Windows machine is about to go in for repairs, but I will look at this soon. Andrew -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple