Re: lynx-dev Problem with ^Z suspending - so far...

[dickey]

> 
> > I'll have a look at some ncurses sources and see if there is a 
>  
> Can you bang into my head why all this doesn't apply to slang? Or 
> does it? 

no.  This is a feature which the X/Open spec says implementations may provide.
(slang may have other problems, but it doesn't apparently implement this).
  
> One more off-thread, but maybe related, question is: upon changing 

perhaps a (gzipped/uuencoded) typescript with the corresponding environment
(i.e., $TERM) would make this clearer.  What emulator are you using btw?

> from Solaris2.6 (hardware 3/98) to Solaris2.6 (hardware 6/98) the 
> color-sticking (after leaving Lynx the text characters remain the color 
> they are in Lynx rather than the login default of off-white) problem 
> that has plagued me on Solaris has become worse, meaning it is harder 
> to clear up. It used to be that using most to read a document or vi to 
> edit a document would clean up the screen, but now only certain actions 
> within those applications will clear up the screen, often only a part 
> at a time. My default login shell is the csh that comes bundled with 
> Solaris. With Lynx, I use slang. Most uses slang, vi I assume uses 
> the native curses. I did recompile everything (except the compiler 
> itself, gcc), including doing a tic on the terminfo descriptions. Any 
> advice/input welcome.  (This is not strictly a Lynx problem -- vi is 
> also acting up -- so write off list for things without any connection 
> to Lynx. Thanks.) 
>  
> __Henry 


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