Re: Linux position() bug remains
- Posted by K_D_R Oct 23, 2012
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I have patched ed.ex and search.ex using the "work around" described by J.Brown; and uploaded these demos to the mercurial SCM.
A bug ticket, #802 Linux position(), has been created.
I don't know how to create a real fix for this bug.
TOM
Thanks for adding the patch to ed.ex and search.ex.
If a real fix cannot be created, I suggest that the "bug" be described in the documentation and that Jim Brown's patch code be added as a public procedure to graphics.e. Documentation of the procedure can refer to ed.ex and search.ex as examples of when the routine is needed and called.
As far as I can, tell I am the only one who has complained about the bug in perhaps 6 years. A real fix might not be worth the developers time. If I recall correctly the bug appeared when NCURSES was dropped. I don't know if that means that the NCURSES code will provide the solution to the problem or if the bug could be in the code that is now used instead of ncurses.
Regards, Kenneth Rhodes
