NetBSD Problem Report #9152
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From: Richard Rauch <rauch@math.rice.edu>
Reply-To: rkr@olib.org
To: gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org
Subject: window(1) problems.
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>Number: 9152
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: window(1) has odd behavior.
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: bin-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sun Jan 09 07:36:00 +0000 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified: Tue Aug 02 03:07:50 +0000 2011
>Originator: Richard Rauch
>Release: 1.4.1
>Organization:
"I probably don't know what I'm talking about." --rkr@rkr.kcnet.com
>Environment:
System: NetBSD rkr.kcnet.com 1.4.1 NetBSD 1.4.1 (olibGENERIC) #3: Tue Nov 30 01:09:25 CST 1999 root@rkr.kcnet.com:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/olibGENERIC i386
>Description:
Recently, my regular monitor died. The stand-in doesn't seem to like
my X configuration, but I can use it for text consoles. So, with good
reason, I returned to good ol' window(1). Several problems ensued.
* Support for cursor keys in place of h/j/k/l would be nice. Likewise,
support for page-up/page-down (where available) in place of
K/J (respectively)
* PINE and PICO think that they know how to use the window, but
single-character inserts do not seem to work correctly. Visually,
they act like overstrike mode.
* PC page-up/page-down keys seem to cause problems. Lynx knows
how to handle them through window; PINE does not. Both work
flawlessly with a direct wscons console.
* There may be a good reason for it, but because vt100 emulation
is essentially non-existant under window, you cannot readily
masquerade as a vt100 when accessing remote systems. (This would
be useful, since there is no regular termcap entry for window, and
while su/ssh export TERM, they do not export TERMCAP env variables.)
(That TERMCAP isn't exported is probably a bug in those programs,
but by using a TERMCAP-resident termcap entry, rather than one
in a termcap file, and apparently using an idiosyncratic terminal
protocol, it is hardly robust against terminal-config problems.)
Some problems may be i386- or wscons-specific.
>How-To-Repeat:
Start window.
Spend a little while trying to make window your home (use
``su -l'' once, even; telnet/ssh to another host (or the same host)
from a window console...).
Try using PINE locally under window.
>Fix:
No actual fix is offered at the moment. But some workarounds worth
noting:
screen exists in the packages. I may give screen a try to see if
it cures some of my problems---but since window is what ships with
NetBSD, it should probably be fixed.
ssh claims to support an /etc/environment file for exporting further
environment variables. I can't see that it works, however.
You can manually forward TERMCAP settings by opening a new window,
finding the current TERMCAP settings, and pasting them appropriately
into the telnet/ssh/su/whatever window.
PINE and PICO seem to insert correctly if you strike the keys fast
Enough---and you can always use ^L to refresh.
SOMETHING is being sent for pageup/pagedown on the i386 wscons.
Lynx knows what to do with it, but precious little else does.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
Changed From: header on submitter's request from
Richard Rauch <rkr@rkr.kcnet.com>
to <rauch@eecs.ku.edu>
[wiz 2001-06-09]
Changed From: on submitter's request. [wiz 2001-07-11]
State-Changed-From-To: open->suspended
State-Changed-By: jruoho@NetBSD.org
State-Changed-When: Tue, 03 May 2011 14:14:19 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
Suspended as window(1) is going to be removed after 6.0.
State-Changed-From-To: suspended->closed
State-Changed-By: dholland@NetBSD.org
State-Changed-When: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 03:04:41 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
no point suspending this; it is a clear WONTFIX. :-/
From: Julio Merino <jmmv@NetBSD.org>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: dholland@NetBSD.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org, netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org,
rkr@olib.org
Subject: Re: bin/9152 (window(1) has odd behavior.)
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:55:43 -0400
On 7/16/11 11:04 PM, dholland@NetBSD.org wrote:
> Synopsis: window(1) has odd behavior.
>
> State-Changed-From-To: suspended->closed
> State-Changed-By: dholland@NetBSD.org
> State-Changed-When: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 03:04:41 +0000
> State-Changed-Why:
> no point suspending this; it is a clear WONTFIX. :-/
The code will continue to be available in othersrc and installable
through pkgsrc, so I believe this has to be reopened.
--
Julio Merino / @jmmv
State-Changed-From-To: closed->open
State-Changed-By: dholland@NetBSD.org
State-Changed-When: Tue, 02 Aug 2011 03:07:50 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
reopen by request.
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