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
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Dan Orzechowski
>> SAIC Marine Science and Technology Division
>> 401.848.4786
>
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