On Fri, 13 Aug 2021 23:46:35 -0400 C Linus Hicks <lin...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2021-08-13 at 23:27 -0400, C Linus Hicks via Cygwin wrote: > > On Sat, 2021-08-14 at 11:48 +0900, Takashi Yano wrote: > > > On Fri, 13 Aug 2021 21:47:53 -0400 > > > C Linus Hicks wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2021-08-09 at 15:17 -0400, C Linus Hicks via Cygwin wrote: > > > > > On Sat, 2021-08-07 at 13:33 -0600, Brian Inglis wrote: > > > > > > Works Just Fine For Me! > > > > > > > > > > > This is Cygwin 64 on Windows 10 in a VirtualBox VM, cygcheck output > > > > > attached. > > > > > > > > > > It has been a while since I updated Cygwin; as long as it serves my > > > > > purpose, I generally don't focus > > > > > on that; it is just a tool I use. > > > > > > > > > > Since I did open this thread, of course I need to make sure I am > > > > > up-to-date. I have now done that > > > > > and I don't see issues with Cygwin terminal and less, although that > > > > > is not really where I am > > > > > focusing. I mostly use xterm windows just because there are several > > > > > characteristics I like about it. > > > > > > > > > > I am still seeing issues with xterm and less, as I stated in my > > > > > original post. > > > > > > > > > Did I post this in the wrong list? I have not gotten a response since > > > > my update. > > > > > > 1) Does your problem also happen even if the text file contains only > > > ASCII chars? > > > 2) What does 'which less' say? > > > 3) What does 'infocmp' say? > > > > > > > Most of the files I view have only ASCII text. > > > > lhicks@ESG-Win10-1 ~ > > $ echo $TERM > > xterm > > > > lhicks@ESG-Win10-1 ~ > > $ which less > > /usr/bin/less > > > > lhicks@ESG-Win10-1 ~ > > $ infocmp > > # Reconstructed via infocmp from file: /usr/share/terminfo/78/xterm > > > > I should further note that much of the time I am ssh'ed into one of several > different Linux > machines, so in that case, I would be running less from the Linux machine and > displaying in the > Cygwin xterm. > > Hmmm, so now I'm starting to think the combination I have trouble with is an > older less on a Linux > machine and Cygwin xterm. I don't control what is installed on some of these > Linux machines. Do you > know if there were known issues with less, for example, the following is one > that has significant > issues: > > [appldev3@ebs-app-dev3 HAF]$ less --version > less 458 (POSIX regular expressions) > Copyright (C) 1984-2012 Mark Nudelman > > less comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. > For information about the terms of redistribution, > see the file named README in the less distribution. > Homepage: http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less Then, could you please let us know the result of infocmp in the Linux machine you run the less obove in cygwin xterm? -- Takashi Yano <takashi.y...@nifty.ne.jp> -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
