Re: lib/58282: Sysinst terminal output size increased because curses

[Andreas Gustafsson <gson%gson.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR lib/58282; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Andreas Gustafsson <gson%gson.org@localhost>
To: Brett Lymn <blymn%internode.on.net@localhost>
Cc: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: lib/58282: Sysinst terminal output size increased because curses
Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 21:44:10 +0300

 Brett,
 
 When sysinst first starts up and clears the screen, it generates some
 20 kilobytes of output that repeatedly sets the foreground color, sets
 the background color, and displays a single space:
 
   ^[[37m^[[44m ^[[37m^[[44m ^[[37m^[[44m ^[[37m^[[44m ^[[37m^[[44m ^[[37m^[[44m ^[[37m^[[44m ^[[37m^[[44m ^[[37m^[[44m ^[[37m^[[44m ^[[37m^[[44m ^[[37m^[[44m ^[[37m^[[44m ^[[37m^[[44m ^[[37m^[[44m ^[[37m^[[44m ^[[37m^[[44m...
 
 Why can't this be optimized to a single instance of ^[[37m^[[44m
 followed multiple spaces?
 -- 
 Andreas Gustafsson, gson%gson.org@localhost