Subj : Re: Need volonteers to test another patch
To   : Vitaliy Aksyonov
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Wed Mar 27 2024 14:28:46

Hi Vitaliy,

On 2024-03-27 06:57:44, you wrote to me:

 WvV>> Well it helped! I switched to the $TERM=putty-256color settings we
 WvV>> discussed before, and now all is well!

 VA> Great. Looks like some question need to be saved in FAQ. I only never saw
 VA> English version of it.

I don't think it exists.

 VA>>> echo $TERM

 WvV>> Is is 'xterm' in my local konsole, and was 'linux' but now
 WvV>> 'putty-256color' in my putty terminal.

 VA> 256color make console very different in other programs too.

I haven't tested the regular TERM=putty, but compared to TERM=linux, Midnight Commander looks the same. But my own ncurses program (configuration program for FMail tosser), looks ok now too!

https://paste.opensuse.org/pastes/c77fdc8fd4af

In the background how it looks with 'putty-256color' and how it is supposed to look. In the forground how it looks if TERM=linux.

Bye, Wilfred.

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