On Mon, 9 Jul 2007, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: > | From: Dave Anderson <anderson@xxxxxxxxxx> > | > | Chip Coldwell wrote: > | > On Tue, 3 Jul 2007, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: > > | > >==> It does not say in what way the terminal is not fully > | > >functional. That seems like a bug. > > | > Well, the issue is that the emacs terminal emulator does not fully > | > support the [n]curses escape sequences needed to position the cursor > | > for your pager (e.g. less). > > The whole point of termcap/terminfo is to tame the whacky world of > terminal diversity. There is nothing "wrong" with a terminal that > does not have features needed by less(1). Fair enough, but then this is a bug in less: it is refusing to run on a terminal that has nothing "wrong" with it. Chip -- Charles M. "Chip" Coldwell Senior Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc 978-392-2426 -- Crash-utility mailing list Crash-utility@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/crash-utility
