Re: lynx-dev DIRED for DOS [patch]

[dickey]

> 
> On Sun, 20 Jun 1999 address@hidden wrote: 
>  
> >  
> > >       _statusline(tmpbuf);  
> > >       stop_curses();  
> > > -     printf("%s\n", tmpbuf);  
> > > +     printf("%s\r\n", tmpbuf);  
> >  
> > is this needed? - I thought that the modes would be changed so a \n would 
> > work properly at this point 
>  
> Yes, this is needed. The "\n" leaves the cursor in the middle of the 
> screen on DJGPP. The alternative would be to switch to text mode before 
> the printf and back to binary mode just after. Does the "\r" cause 
> screen problems with some platforms? 

no - but since it's unusual, it's likely to be dropped unless there's a
comment saying why.  I guess switching modes here might be something to check
into.

>                                 Doug 
>                             
> __ 
> Doug Kaufman 
> Internet: address@hidden (preferred) 
>         address@hidden 


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