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   Nicholas Boel to Marcin Lukasik   
   Ncurses 6.0 and newer versions   
   26 Sep 17 17:21:40   
   
   Hello Marcin,   
      
   On Tue Sep 26 2017 19:30:18, Marcin Lukasik wrote to All:   
      
    ML> Upgrading ncurses from 6.0+20170527 to 6.0+20170902 (right when it was   
    ML> packaged for the Arch Linux testing repo) broke Golded for me (of   
    ML> course after recompiling it). Namely, box-drawing characters didn't   
    ML> appear properly, and areas that were supposed to be empty weren't   
    ML> cleared, for example when I went from a post with a longer subject to   
    ML> one with a shorter subject, a big portion of the longer one remained   
    ML> visible. Downgrading to 6.0+20170902 or 6.0 stable fixed this, but it   
    ML> doesn't feel like a clean solution, as this issue didn't affect other   
    ML> programs.   
      
   I also had this experience with Archlinux and a UTF-8 TTY console. I reverted   
   back to 6.0+20170527 for a bit, which made things work again. However, after   
   trying out tmux for the first time, I ended up with an even better fix.   
      
   Go ahead and upgrade to 6.0+20170902, then install tmux, and run:   
      
   tmux new  -C   
      
   Now you'll even see the correct arrows being used, rather than ">", borders   
   will contain line drawings, and the scroll bar should appear correctly with   
   box drawings as well.   
      
   What we did find out, was that it may have been something just on Archlinux,   
   or the way it is precompiled for some distros, as Maurice does LFS, and his   
   latest patched ncurses (6.0+20170911 I believe) was specifically compiled for   
   wide ncurses support only, and he had no problems at all.   
      
   Regards,   
   Nick   
      
   ... "Не знаю. Я здесь только работаю."   
   --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20170303   
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