From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from conssluserg-01.nifty.com (conssluserg-01.nifty.com [210.131.2.80]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 11BB13857C56 for ; Sat, 14 Aug 2021 03:59:45 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 11BB13857C56 Received: from Express5800-S70 (z221123.dynamic.ppp.asahi-net.or.jp [110.4.221.123]) (authenticated) by conssluserg-01.nifty.com with ESMTP id 17E3xDTH003239; Sat, 14 Aug 2021 12:59:13 +0900 DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.10.3 conssluserg-01.nifty.com 17E3xDTH003239 X-Nifty-SrcIP: [110.4.221.123] Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2021 12:59:23 +0900 From: Takashi Yano To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Display text file using less in Cygwin terminal or xterm incorrect when lines are longer than window width Message-Id: <20210814125923.367d7fb24ea478d95ff47a21@nifty.ne.jp> In-Reply-To: <937c1d036e9e77c2f757e57487ad7fd5ffe84d22.camel@mindspring.com> References: <86bb7e63a858d60c486d7a948e168e96d98d38c8.camel@mindspring.com> <3c3a1c8172fcd73543caf9d38e49d9ca026cb1da.camel@mindspring.com> <20210814114840.2153e305142d531aa27f6607@nifty.ne.jp> <16e4670dc37e79c55143fbe6d579240319bc80aa.camel@mindspring.com> <937c1d036e9e77c2f757e57487ad7fd5ffe84d22.camel@mindspring.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.30; i686-pc-mingw32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2021 03:59:57 -0000 On Fri, 13 Aug 2021 23:46:35 -0400 C Linus Hicks wrote: > On Fri, 2021-08-13 at 23:27 -0400, C Linus Hicks via Cygwin wrote: > > On Sat, 2021-08-14 at 11:48 +0900, Takashi Yano wrote: > > > On Fri, 13 Aug 2021 21:47:53 -0400 > > > C Linus Hicks wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2021-08-09 at 15:17 -0400, C Linus Hicks via Cygwin wrote: > > > > > On Sat, 2021-08-07 at 13:33 -0600, Brian Inglis wrote: > > > > > > Works Just Fine For Me! > > > > > > > > > > > This is Cygwin 64 on Windows 10 in a VirtualBox VM, cygcheck output attached. > > > > > > > > > > It has been a while since I updated Cygwin; as long as it serves my purpose, I generally don't focus > > > > > on that; it is just a tool I use. > > > > > > > > > > Since I did open this thread, of course I need to make sure I am up-to-date. I have now done that > > > > > and I don't see issues with Cygwin terminal and less, although that is not really where I am > > > > > focusing. I mostly use xterm windows just because there are several characteristics I like about it. > > > > > > > > > > I am still seeing issues with xterm and less, as I stated in my original post. > > > > > > > > > Did I post this in the wrong list? I have not gotten a response since my update. > > > > > > 1) Does your problem also happen even if the text file contains only > > > ASCII chars? > > > 2) What does 'which less' say? > > > 3) What does 'infocmp' say? > > > > > > > Most of the files I view have only ASCII text. > > > > lhicks@ESG-Win10-1 ~ > > $ echo $TERM > > xterm > > > > lhicks@ESG-Win10-1 ~ > > $ which less > > /usr/bin/less > > > > lhicks@ESG-Win10-1 ~ > > $ infocmp > > # Reconstructed via infocmp from file: /usr/share/terminfo/78/xterm > > > > I should further note that much of the time I am ssh'ed into one of several different Linux > machines, so in that case, I would be running less from the Linux machine and displaying in the > Cygwin xterm. > > Hmmm, so now I'm starting to think the combination I have trouble with is an older less on a Linux > machine and Cygwin xterm. I don't control what is installed on some of these Linux machines. Do you > know if there were known issues with less, for example, the following is one that has significant > issues: > > [appldev3@ebs-app-dev3 HAF]$ less --version > less 458 (POSIX regular expressions) > Copyright (C) 1984-2012 Mark Nudelman > > less comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. > For information about the terms of redistribution, > see the file named README in the less distribution. > Homepage: http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less Then, could you please let us know the result of infocmp in the Linux machine you run the less obove in cygwin xterm? -- Takashi Yano