Scott Klement wrote:
> Over the past year or so, I noticed that the END key doesn't always
> position the cursor where I expect it to... However, I never noticed
> the pattern behind the problem -- until today.
>
> It happens when you type a line, then delete some of the data in the
> field, then press the end key.
>
> Looking at the code, I see that in display.c, the tn5250_display_kf_end
> routine determines the end of the string by checking if the last character
> of the string is '\0'. If it is, it backs up through the string til it
> finds the last non-0x00 character.
>
> However, in the tn5250_dbuffer_del() routine, when a character is deleted,
> it places a 0x40 at end of the string to keep the length constant.
> Because the end of the string is now 0x40 instead of 0x00, the cursor
> does not position correctly.
>
> Here's a patch -- please check it for correctness, and if possible,
> commit it. Thanks!
>
>
>
> --- dbuffer.c.orig Thu Jun 8 12:45:34 2000
> +++ dbuffer.c Mon Nov 6 17:50:47 2000
> @@ -562,7 +562,7 @@
> x = fwdx;
> y = fwdy;
> }
> - This->data[y * This->w + x] = 0x40;
> + This->data[y * This->w + x] = 0x00;
>
> ASSERT_VALID(This);
> }
>
>
Applied (both stable and devel branches).
-Jay 'Eraserhead' Felice
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