Re: lib/53682

[Nikhil Benesch <nikhil.benesch%gmail.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR lib/53682; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Nikhil Benesch <nikhil.benesch%gmail.com@localhost>
To: christos%zoulas.com@localhost
Cc: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, jordan%cockroachlabs.com@localhost
Subject: Re: lib/53682
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2018 22:14:12 -0500

 > > No, I have not tried your patch but I am guessing that it will break the
 > > single line in two. I will try to test, but I am really busy this week.
 > > The easiest way to test is to make the change on a NetBSD box and use
 > > the NetBSD /bin/sh with the editor on using an xterm (which has automatic
 > > margins and magic margins in the default setup).
 >
 > No problem. I appreciate you taking the time to respond. I'll set myself
 > up a NetBSD VM in the meantime.
 
 I've now tested this on NetBSD 8.0's xterm. Lines without newlines that
 exceed the terminal width are not split in two when copied and pasted,
 even with the patch applied.
 
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