perldoc display with data missing
Harry Putnam
reader at newsguy.com
Thu May 13 19:06:37 UTC 2004
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
that has been posted to gmane.comp.lang.perl.beginners as well.
My setup:
OS = Linux (FedoraCore1 test2)
I see an actual loss of data in reading perldoc output from an xterm
if my term is sized a little small.
I'll show a repeatable example (here anyway):
xterm -geometry 65x20 &
In that xterm call:
perldoc POSIX
In that page search for past
(/past <ENTER>)
The hit shows up above the visable page and much of the line is just
missing. Not just scambled but actually missing.
You can see the missing data by calling:
perldoc POSIX > file
less file
then search for /past again
Or perldoc POSIX in an 85x30 xterm.
My term is xterm and LANG is en_US.UTF-8
I don't think was a problem in the recent past as I've used
undersized xterms for years.
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