Re: junk in remote mutt
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 11:32:24PM -0700, Bill Campbell wrote: > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008, Chad Perrin wrote: > >On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 07:23:43AM +0300, Yuri Pankov wrote: > >> On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 04:03:54PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > >> > I'm not sure that's a very good title for this email, but it's what I've > >> > got. > >> > > >> > Since configuring my environment to use UTF-8, I've had a problem while > >> > checking email on a server. I log into the server via SSH, then enter > >> > the `mutt` command. As I page through the inbox, open and close emails, > >> > et cetera, I get a bunch of junk on the screen -- characters from the > >> > previous screen appearing on the current screen. I have to use Ctrl + L > >> > to clear it up and return the appearance of the screen to the way it's > >> > supposed to look. > >> > > >> > What can I do to eliminate this problem? I don't want to have to force a > >> > screen redraw every time I switch between views, scroll down a page in > >> > mutt, and so on. I also don't want to go back to a character set limited > >> > to plain ol' ASCII (there's a reason I use rxvt-unicode instead of rxvt). > >> > >> Don't see it here. If you are sure that mutt uses UTF-8 charset (ie, > >> forced it with 'set charset="utf-8"'), make sure it's linked against > >> ncursesw library (and not just ncurses) - need to use WITH_NCURSES_PORT > >> on 6.2 and earlier or build it using WITH_SLANG. > > > >I finally got around to checking the settings in the Makefile and > >recompiling mutt. End result: same problem. If anyone else has any > >ideas what might be causing this problem, please let me know. > > > >addendum: The computer I'm using as a client to access mutt on another > >machine doesn't have this same problem locally. When I open a local mutt > >instance, there's no junk on the screen. I decided to try using SSH > >through the remote system where I'm encountering this issue, then from > >there using SSH to get back to the local machine, and opened mutt inside > >this contrived SSH loop. Still no problem. Thus, whatever the problem > >is seems to be particular to the remote machine. > > > > What is your TERM environment variable setting? Are the terminfo > files on the remote system current? The TERM environment variable on both systems is set to `rxvt`. I'm not sure what I should be looking for to be sure the terminfo file is correct. > > I'm reasonably sure that mutt uses ncurses, and if it is not > built correctly, that could also cause problems. I have tried both the default (WITH_SLANG=yes) and WITH_NCURSES_PORT=yes on the remote system. Otherwise, I haven't mucked about with the Makefile of mutt at all. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Brian K. Reid: "In computer science, we stand on each other's feet." ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: junk in remote mutt
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008, Chad Perrin wrote: >On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 07:23:43AM +0300, Yuri Pankov wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 04:03:54PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: >> > I'm not sure that's a very good title for this email, but it's what I've >> > got. >> > >> > Since configuring my environment to use UTF-8, I've had a problem while >> > checking email on a server. I log into the server via SSH, then enter >> > the `mutt` command. As I page through the inbox, open and close emails, >> > et cetera, I get a bunch of junk on the screen -- characters from the >> > previous screen appearing on the current screen. I have to use Ctrl + L >> > to clear it up and return the appearance of the screen to the way it's >> > supposed to look. >> > >> > What can I do to eliminate this problem? I don't want to have to force a >> > screen redraw every time I switch between views, scroll down a page in >> > mutt, and so on. I also don't want to go back to a character set limited >> > to plain ol' ASCII (there's a reason I use rxvt-unicode instead of rxvt). >> >> Don't see it here. If you are sure that mutt uses UTF-8 charset (ie, >> forced it with 'set charset="utf-8"'), make sure it's linked against >> ncursesw library (and not just ncurses) - need to use WITH_NCURSES_PORT >> on 6.2 and earlier or build it using WITH_SLANG. > >I finally got around to checking the settings in the Makefile and >recompiling mutt. End result: same problem. If anyone else has any >ideas what might be causing this problem, please let me know. > >addendum: The computer I'm using as a client to access mutt on another >machine doesn't have this same problem locally. When I open a local mutt >instance, there's no junk on the screen. I decided to try using SSH >through the remote system where I'm encountering this issue, then from >there using SSH to get back to the local machine, and opened mutt inside >this contrived SSH loop. Still no problem. Thus, whatever the problem >is seems to be particular to the remote machine. > What is your TERM environment variable setting? Are the terminfo files on the remote system current? I'm reasonably sure that mutt uses ncurses, and if it is not built correctly, that could also cause problems. Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX:(206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 Capitalism works primarily because most of the ways that a company can be scum end up being extremely bad for business when there's working competition. -rra ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: junk in remote mutt
On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 07:23:43AM +0300, Yuri Pankov wrote: > On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 04:03:54PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > > I'm not sure that's a very good title for this email, but it's what I've > > got. > > > > Since configuring my environment to use UTF-8, I've had a problem while > > checking email on a server. I log into the server via SSH, then enter > > the `mutt` command. As I page through the inbox, open and close emails, > > et cetera, I get a bunch of junk on the screen -- characters from the > > previous screen appearing on the current screen. I have to use Ctrl + L > > to clear it up and return the appearance of the screen to the way it's > > supposed to look. > > > > What can I do to eliminate this problem? I don't want to have to force a > > screen redraw every time I switch between views, scroll down a page in > > mutt, and so on. I also don't want to go back to a character set limited > > to plain ol' ASCII (there's a reason I use rxvt-unicode instead of rxvt). > > Don't see it here. If you are sure that mutt uses UTF-8 charset (ie, > forced it with 'set charset="utf-8"'), make sure it's linked against > ncursesw library (and not just ncurses) - need to use WITH_NCURSES_PORT > on 6.2 and earlier or build it using WITH_SLANG. I finally got around to checking the settings in the Makefile and recompiling mutt. End result: same problem. If anyone else has any ideas what might be causing this problem, please let me know. addendum: The computer I'm using as a client to access mutt on another machine doesn't have this same problem locally. When I open a local mutt instance, there's no junk on the screen. I decided to try using SSH through the remote system where I'm encountering this issue, then from there using SSH to get back to the local machine, and opened mutt inside this contrived SSH loop. Still no problem. Thus, whatever the problem is seems to be particular to the remote machine. I'm going to poke around some more and see if I can figure out what's up while I wait for a response from anyone else who might have something to offer, now that I've confirmed it seems to be specific to that machine. Hopefully it's not related to the fact that the remote system is running 6.1-RELEASE while the system I'm using as a client is running 6.2-RELEASE, since that would pretty much mean I'm stuck with the problem for quite some time (no desire to upgrade the FreeBSD version number on the server). -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] They always say that when life gives you lemons you should make lemonade. I always wonder -- isn't the lemonade going to suck if life doesn't give you any sugar? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: junk in remote mutt
On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 04:03:54PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > I'm not sure that's a very good title for this email, but it's what I've > got. > > Since configuring my environment to use UTF-8, I've had a problem while > checking email on a server. I log into the server via SSH, then enter > the `mutt` command. As I page through the inbox, open and close emails, > et cetera, I get a bunch of junk on the screen -- characters from the > previous screen appearing on the current screen. I have to use Ctrl + L > to clear it up and return the appearance of the screen to the way it's > supposed to look. > > What can I do to eliminate this problem? I don't want to have to force a > screen redraw every time I switch between views, scroll down a page in > mutt, and so on. I also don't want to go back to a character set limited > to plain ol' ASCII (there's a reason I use rxvt-unicode instead of rxvt). > > -- > CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] > Patrick J. LoPresti: "Emacs has been replaced by a shell script which 1) > Generates a syslog message at level LOG_EMERG; 2) reduces the user's disk > quota by 100K; and 3) RUNS ED!!" Don't see it here. If you are sure that mutt uses UTF-8 charset (ie, forced it with 'set charset="utf-8"'), make sure it's linked against ncursesw library (and not just ncurses) - need to use WITH_NCURSES_PORT on 6.2 and earlier or build it using WITH_SLANG. HTH, Yuri ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
junk in remote mutt
I'm not sure that's a very good title for this email, but it's what I've got. Since configuring my environment to use UTF-8, I've had a problem while checking email on a server. I log into the server via SSH, then enter the `mutt` command. As I page through the inbox, open and close emails, et cetera, I get a bunch of junk on the screen -- characters from the previous screen appearing on the current screen. I have to use Ctrl + L to clear it up and return the appearance of the screen to the way it's supposed to look. What can I do to eliminate this problem? I don't want to have to force a screen redraw every time I switch between views, scroll down a page in mutt, and so on. I also don't want to go back to a character set limited to plain ol' ASCII (there's a reason I use rxvt-unicode instead of rxvt). -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Patrick J. LoPresti: "Emacs has been replaced by a shell script which 1) Generates a syslog message at level LOG_EMERG; 2) reduces the user's disk quota by 100K; and 3) RUNS ED!!" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
