In message <9802171642.ZM1178@picasso.me.ic.ac.uk>
          "Robert Black" <r.black@ic.ac.uk> wrote:

> On Feb 13,  7:29pm, Tony Houghton wrote:
> > Subject: joe display problem
> > I installed 1.3 from ftp.netbsd.org, and once I'd replaced the compiler
> > and installed the patches from 1.3a I compiled joe for myself.
> > Unfortunately it sometimes corrupts the display at a character level,
> > ie it plots whole characters in the wrong place rather than just pixels
> > in the wrong place. This happens intermittently if I insert characters
> > at the beginning of lines, but all the time when using Page Down.
> >
> > I compiled with the default options. I've also edited /etc/ttys and
> > changed all the vt100's to vt220's because they say the console's
> > supposed to work better as vt220. Am I doing something wrong (quite
> > likely) or is there a bug?
>
> This is multiple bugs.
>
> I assume you're using the old console because you haven't said
> otherwise and as far as I know those bugs are fixed in the new one.

Yes, I am using the old one, or whatever's supplied with the prebuilt
kernels. I'm a bit puzzled, because Neil's just told me to change back
to vt100 because of poor vt220 support, but I distinctly remember
someone else telling me vt220 works better some time ago!

> Some of the problems with the old console are fundamental to the way
> it is designed and whilst it might be possible to hack a few things I
> don't think there is much that can be done apart from for me to hurry
> up with the new console (latest version binaries are on
> monet.me.ic.ac.uk in the /pub/vide directory - make sure you read the
> README - I did a kernel source merge for Mark a while back but I doubt
> its checked into current yet). Xarm-34 (also on the monet ftp site)
> should auto-detect which console you are running. ANYTHING you don't
> like about the new console should be reported to me - don't assume
> I've already noticed it. I am compiling a bug/job list...

That can be merged with the main source tree can it? If and when I can
compile a kernel I really want to because of the yukky screen modes
built into the default ones.

I don't know if I'll be much use in bug reporting, being such a novice,
but there are one or two things I've noticed (such as slightly odd
things happening when I interrupt man) which I'll let you know about if
the new one still does it.

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