Re: lynx-dev lynx2.8.5dev.6: 123g bug

[Thomas E. Dickey]

On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Philip Webb wrote:

> 020102 Thomas Dickey wrote:
> > for the moment, I'm assuming the 'g' problem was introduced
> > by the multiline highlighting changes
> > which I'd like to get stable before doing much else that's complicated.
> > I can see some trash on the screen under Slackware
> > but the program doesn't stop (but at least there's something ... ).
>
> just once IIRC, `123g' worked but wrote a garbage line near top of screen.

...and when I compile the win32 version in debug mode, it does the same
thing (deposits trash on the line where the cursor was, but doesn't
crash).

>
> > Under Debian (stable) there's no sign of any problem.
> > I did most of the debugging for the last patch on Debian.
>
> a gentle suggestion: recent reports via Linux Today advise
> that the distribution (statistical) of Linux distributions is
> Mandrake & RedHat  c 35 % ea , SUSE  c 20 %
> and others incl Debian & Slackware  <= 5 % ea .
> perhaps you should test primarily with a more commonly used distribution?

Given the (lack of) quality for Redhat, I'll continue treating it as a
secondary platform for development.

-- 
T.E.Dickey <address@hidden>
http://invisible-island.net
ftp://invisible-island.net


; To UNSUBSCRIBE: Send "unsubscribe lynx-dev" to address@hidden