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Subject: Re: Need volonteers to test another patch Date: Wed Mar 27 2024 03:34 pm
From: Wilfred van Velzen To: Vitaliy Aksyonov

Hi Vitaliy,

On 2024-03-27 08:07:34, you wrote to me:

 VA>>> 256color make console very different in other programs too.

 WvV>> I haven't tested the regular TERM=putty, but compared to TERM=linux,
 WvV>> Midnight Commander looks the same. But my own ncurses program
 WvV>> (configuration program for FMail tosser), looks ok now too!

 WvV>> https://paste.opensuse.org/pastes/c77fdc8fd4af

 WvV>> In the background how it looks with 'putty-256color' and how it is
 WvV>> supposed to look. In the forground how it looks if TERM=linux.

 VA> ncurses uses terminfo and `linux` not the best for Putty. `xterm` may work,
 VA> but `putty` or `putty-256color` is the best for sure.

My program works correctly in 'xterm' too.


Bye, Wilfred.

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