Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libcurses

[Valery Ushakov <uwe%stderr.spb.ru@localhost>]

On Fri, Oct 05, 2018 at 11:59:05 +0000, Roy Marples wrote:

> Module Name:	src
> Committed By:	roy
> Date:		Fri Oct  5 11:59:05 UTC 2018
> 
> Modified Files:
> 	src/lib/libcurses: newwin.c refresh.c
> 
> Log Message:
> curses: allow drawing the lowest right hand cell of the terminal
> 
> This is a historical behaviour that needs fixing
> If any terminal does scroll when drawing in the lowest right hand cell
> of the terminal then an entry should be made in the terminfo database
> (currently there is no standard code) to state that and define
> __SCROLLWIN as before.
> 
> Fixes PR# 30978.

At least GNU termcap had "LP" capability for that:

https://www.gnu.org/software/termutils/manual/termcap-1.3/html_node/termcap_27.html#SEC27

E.g. GNU screen sets LP in its exported TERMCAP variable.

-uwe