"multiline" input mode issues / was: Re: [ksh93-integration-discuss] some questions about ksh93integration

[Roland Mainz]

Roland Mainz wrote:
> Glenn Fowler wrote:
> > On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 04:12:00 +0200 Roland Mainz wrote:
> > > I'm just waiting for an answer to the "multiline" issue and then commit
> > > the matching change - but beyond that I am more or less done.for today
> > > with any commits...
> >
> > can you resend the "multiline" issue
> 
> See
> http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/ksh93-integration-discuss/2006-May/000293.html
> (and I have attached the same posting as attachment, too). But I can't
> reproduce the problem with ksh93r+_alpha_20060724 right now except the
> minor glitch that resizing a window doesn't resize the string when it
> spans over multiple lines before the resize (e.g. making the terminal
> window larger).
> 
> BTW: A somehow related feature request: It would be nice if
> "<ESC><CTRL-L>" (in emacs/gmacs mode) would clear the screen and refresh
> the current edit line (e.g. do the same what bash3 does when you hit
> <CTRL-L> in emacs mode).
> 
> ----
> 
> Bye,
> Roland
> 
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> Subject: [ksh93-integration-discuss] Trouble with "-o multiline" in Solaris...
> Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 03:21:50 +0200
> From: Roland Mainz <roland.mainz at nrubsig.org>
> Reply-To: Korn Shell 93 integration/migration project discussion
>      <ksh93-integration-discuss at opensolaris.org>
> To: ksh93-integration-discuss <ksh93-integration-discuss at opensolaris.org>,
>      ast-users <ast-users at research.att.com>
> 
> Hi!
> 
> ----
> 
> Are there any known problems with "multiline" input (e.g. % set -o
> multiline #) in ksh93r ? It seems that in some cases the multiline
> editing in emacs mode has some problems when a line is longer than the
> terminal window is wide and removing chars via the "Backspace" key makes
> it again shorter than the window width (=the whole string which is being
> edited fits in one single line again).
> 
> Steps to reproduce (for ksh93r in Solaris 10/SPARC):
> 1. Resize a terminal window (CDE 1.3 dtterm) to COLUMNS=40 LINES=24 (the
> specific sizes does not matter, it's just to make the screenshot below
> smaller :-) )
> 2.Start ksh93 with no other environment variables set except than
> EDITOR=gmacs and TERM=dtterm
> % env - EDITOR=gmacs TERM=dtterm ./arch/sol10.sun4/bin/ksh -o multiline
> 3. Enter the string 'echo "large string which does not fit in this small
> window"'
> 4. Now delete the string char-by-char until the cursor passes the first
> character in the current line.
> 
> Result is the following garbage in the terminal window:
> -- snip --
> $ env - EDITOR=gmacs TERM=dtterm ./ar>
> $ echo "large string which does not fit
> E[A
>   E[Aecho "large string which does not fit
> it
> -- snip --
> 
> A screenshot is attached as "ksh93r_multiline_input_problems.gif".

Grumpf... it seems the AT&T mailserver rejects all emails which contain
a *.gif image (it is archived under
http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/ksh93-integration-discuss/attachments/20060511/8e0401f0/ksh93r_multiline_input_problems.gif)
... see attached bounche email... ;-(

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Bye,
Roland

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