[Tfug] Annoying Terminal Problem

[Matt Jacob]

It might have something to do with PuTTY's terminal emulation
settings, but I'm not 100% sure about that. I've used PuTTY in the
past, but now I use SecureCRT. I don't think I've seen this problem in
SecureCRT, but I suppose it could be an issue with ncurses as well. (I
don't really use nano or many terminal programs that provide text
interfaces, though.)

And while this isn't a solution, here's a tip: instead of hitting
enter, you can just do ^L to clear the scrollblock.

Matt

On 7/20/07, Andrew Ayre <andy at britishideas.com> wrote:
> Frequently when using programs like nano and aptitude, when the program
> exits the prompt is not at the bottom of the terminal window. Instead it
> appears at a random position, e.g. in the middle of the terminal window.
>
> What I type next is hard to see amongst the clutter of previous prompts
> and commands, and I end up hitting enter multiple times to get the
> prompt back to the bottom.
>
> I've seen this with Suse, Gentoo, Debian...
>
> Does anyone know of a solution to this irritant? Is it my terminal
> program (puTTY)?
>
> Andy
>
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