Re: pkg/57749: nano cursor movement problem on NetBSD 10 pkgsrc

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The following reply was made to PR pkg/57749; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: rvp%SDF.ORG@localhost
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: pkg/57749: nano cursor movement problem on NetBSD 10 pkgsrc
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2024 14:39:39 GMT

 > wmove by itself doesn't mark the window in need of refresh.
 > [...]
 > So I think this is a bug in nano that is just masked by the ncurses
 > being a bit more eager to track if the update is needed.
 >
 
 Yah. The ncurses wmove() man-page also says the same:
 
 	This routine does not move the physical cursor of the
 	terminal until refresh(3X) is called.
 
 but, that's not how it behaves. This is an inconsistency in ncurses.
 
 -RVP