[10674] in Athena Bugs
techinfo
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (yandros@Athena.MIT.EDU)
Wed Jul 14 15:34:40 1993
From: yandros@Athena.MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 93 15:34:31 -0400
To: bugs@Athena.MIT.EDU, bug-techinfo@Athena.MIT.EDU
on hodge, DS3100(7.4H), with the curses client:
start techinfo in an xterm using 6x10. Get this:
TechInfo TechInfo main menu Wed Jul 14
==============================================================================>
1 About TechInfo
2 Around MIT - Offices & Services
select `4'. Get: (minus top line, which was fine)
==============================================================================>
1 About TechInfo Information Systems
2 Don't Ignore Harassment
hit spacebar. Get:
==============================================================================>
1 About TechIn20 Requests for Comment
21 Resnet
select entry `22' with arrow keys. Get:
==============================================================================>
1 About Tec>I
press down arrow. get:
==============>===============================================================>
1 About Tec
notice where pointer is. press _up_ arrow. get:
============== ===============================================================>
1 About Tec>
This behavior repeats, with the arrow keys moving the pointer in the
opposite direction. Of course, this *is* a decstation, so curses
lossage isn't too surprising, unfortunately. :-/ I know some people who've managed to get things working with the BSD curses, if that helps...
