Subject: Re: Fix the Qudra screen wrap [was [Re: Forgive!]]
To: Dave Huang <khym@bga.com>
From: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 12/02/1998 09:59:37
Dave Huang wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Dec 1998, Frederick Bruckman wrote:
> > Actually, I do have a -current system, and X isn't wrapping. I took a
> > closer look at "dt", and it isn't exactly wrapping, either. What
> > happens is, white space in the rightmost column is replaced with a
> > random character; any printable character displays correctly. I'll
> > fool around with it this week, but if I don't get anywhere, I'll just
> > submit the package as is.
> 
> I think the problem is the #define VT_MAXCOLS 132 in vt.h. With an
> 800x600 screen and the small (6x10) font, you get 133 columns. The
> problem gets worse with higher resolutions. Perhaps the values of
> VT_MAXROWS and VT_MAXCOLS should be calculated instead of hardcoded...
> 
> It's an old bug, but I guess dt is old too :) (what's version 1.1.6
> though? The latest I had seen was 1.1.5):
> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/mlist/port-mac68k/1997/03/13/0026.html

Version 1.1.6 is Valtteri's last release.  I'll put a copy of it up on
www.macbsd.com, if Frederick doesn't have his package posted soon.

Later.

Colin