FC4 and nano
T. Horsnell
tsh at mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Tue Aug 2 16:07:07 UTC 2005
>Daniel Orzechowski wrote:
>
>> When scrolling through a file opened in nano, I notice that the screen
>> doesn't always refresh properly. Hitting the arrow or page up/down
>> keys results in the first 40 or so columns containing the proper text,
>> but the rest still contain what was on the screen before I scrolled
>> down. This occurrs inside X using aterm as my terminal, as well as
>> after killing X and logging in at the command line. I haven't tried
>> nano via ssh, so I don't know how it would respond.
>>
>> This has been a small problem for me ever since installing FC4. FC3
>> was fine in this regard. I ran yum update a few nights ago, and am
>> still seeing the problem.
>>
>> Is this an issue with nano itself? Does it have something to do with
>> a drawing library somewhere? Does anyone know what I can do to fix
>> it? A Google search didn't result in anything useful. Thanks in
>> advance for any help.
>>
> This problem is a bit old. Apparently there is some problem that
>nano has with the gnome terminal. I personally use jpico (part of joes
>editor) as a replacement. there are other options. you may want to
>check the archives, or at least look at this:
>
>http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&m=111231348429934&w=2
>
>James W. has some good advice for work-arounds.
I've always had troubles with nano when I dont have my terminal
type set to VT100, but I've no experience of nano on FC4.
Terry.
>
>Scott
>
>> Dan
>>
>>
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>> Dan Orzechowski
>> SAIC Marine Science and Technology Division
>> 401.848.4786
>
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