Package: less Version: 418-1 Severity: normal Hi,
Sometimes, when less displays a shorter line that is preceeded by a longer line, the shorter line is padded with the overhanging characters of the longer line. The problem I am reporting occurs intermittently, it can always be worked around whenever it occurs by typing C-L (redraw screen). Here is how I use less, $ set | grep -i less LESS='-g -i -j0 -M -q -z-2' LESSCLOSE='/usr/bin/lesspipe %s %s' LESSOPEN='| /usr/bin/lesspipe %s' PAGER=less Here is an example of the problem, the first paragraph shows the correct display, Aug 9 12:33:49 l1 qmail: 1249835629.590857 delivery 26: deferral: Connected_to_74.208.5.3_but_greeting_failed./Remote_host_said:_554_RBL_rejection:_http://www.spamhaus.org/query/bl?ip=66.153.99.131/ Aug 9 12:33:49 l1 qmail: 1249835629.591215 status: local 0/10 remote 7/20 and the next paragraph shows the incorrect display that less sometimes produces, Aug 9 12:33:49 l1 qmail: 1249835629.590857 delivery 26: deferral: Connected_to_74.208.5.3_but_greeting_failed./Remote_host_said:_554_RBL_rejection:_http://www.spamhaus.org/query/bl?ip=66.153.99.131/host_said:_554_RBL_rejection:_http://www. Aug 9 12:33:49 l1 qmail: 1249835629.591215 status: local 0/10 remote 7/20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789 In the above example, the width of my terminal is 80 columns, and the overhanging long line is physically 199 characters wide. The problem occurs in the third (logical) line that less displays, where it can be said that the second (logical) line is 80 columns wide, and the third (logical) line should be 39 columns wide, but is incorrectly displayed as being 80 columns wide. Thanks, -- Jeffrey Sheinberg -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.2 APT prefers proposed-updates APT policy: (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i586) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-486 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages less depends on: ii debianutils 2.30 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii libc6 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libncurses5 5.7+20081213-1 shared libraries for terminal hand less recommends no packages. less suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
