Hi Tim,
Could you please try to run: "ls -l | hexdump"

It could show if the '\n' is received correctly.

BR,

Alan

On Fri, Mar 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM Tim Hardisty <timhardist...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I am writing a Framebuffer console app that takes stdout and stderr and
> renders the text to a framebuffer device. Based on existing NXGL code
> and example apps.
>
> It spawns NSH, and I get the NSH prompt on my LCD - and it basically
> works. I have also added functions to decode the handful of VT100 codes
> that the nsh app sends, such as cursor on/off, clear to eol etc.
>
> But I am stumped by an apparent lack of a newline being sent to stdout
> when, for example, you simply hit ENTER on the keyboard; or do a
> directory listing (ls - l) followed by ENTER. With no newline being sent
> at the start of the output, the first line of text sits at the end of
> the current line until there's a '/n' within the stream.
>
> I must be missing something, perhaps relating to how the VT100 escape
> codes should be interpreted or some other console "rule" I haven’t
> managed to find anywhere.
>
> Has anyone got any suggestions - it's driving me crazy!!
>
>

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