Re: mach console and auto-margin

[Samuel Thibault]

Samuel Thibault, le Wed 24 Aug 2005 23:03:57 +0200, a écrit :
> echo -n 
> aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
>  ; sleep 10
> 
> should _not_ open a new line, but on the mach console it does. If
> fixing it is too hard, the terminfo information may just be updated to
> express the behavior, by replacing the "am" capability by the "sam"
> capability.

Hum, actually I misread the documentation for the "sam" capability: no
new line is added, the cursor is just put at the first column. This is
only used on printers, not on terminals. So the gnumach console needs
corrected.

Regards,
Samuel Thibault