terminal special characters wrong

[Erwin Rol]

Since i don't use it much i now noticed that when using menuconfig for a
linux kernel build the characters are wrong (see below). This also seems
to be the case with other curses programs, any idea what caused it and
how to fix it.

- Erwin


LinuxKernelv2.6.15Configuration
^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^
@^^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^LinuxKernelConfiguration@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^^@^@
^@^@ Arrow keys navigate the menu.  <Enter> selects submenus --->.
@^^@ Highlighted letters are hotkeys.  Pressing <Y> includes, <N> excludes,
@^^@ <M> modularizes features.  Press <Esc><Esc> to exit, <?> for Help, </>
@^^@ for Search.  Legend: [*] built-in  [ ] excluded  <M> module  < >
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@C@^^maturityleveloptions--->^@^                                           ^@
@@^@^Generalsetup--->                                                      ^@
@@^@^Loadablemodulesupport--->                                             ^@
@@^@^Blocklayer--->                                                        ^@
@@^@^Processortypeandfeatures--->                                          ^@
@@^@^Powermanagementoptions--->                                            ^@
@@^@^Busoptions(PCIetc.)--->                                               ^@
@@^@^Executablefileformats/Emulations--->                                  ^@
@@^@^Networking--->                                                        ^@
@@^@^DeviceDrivers--->                                                     ^@
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