Subject: screen editor bug?

From: Yves Maniette <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 18:24:23 +0000

Dear all,

I am having sometimes some difficulties with pine, due to, apparently 
screen editor problems. What is most surprising is that the problem is 
rather erratic...

I am trying to explain the symptoms:

- on MAIN screen, if one tries to move with up-down arrow, the screen text 
goes up one line each time. Hence I end up not knowing where I am. the 
problem can be cured a bit, by typing L (for example) and then M again, 
to get back a nearly neat main screen. But anyway, when arriving in the 
main, it lacks the last line containing the short commands (Send, Justify...)

- In the same way, the messages cannot be read clearly, because they are 
printed on the screen up to the end, and then I can't get back to the 
top (I get the message "already at start of message")

I would like to know if you already experienced this kind of bug, and 
what can be done in order to fix it. What I less understand is that the 
bug is erratic, and that it happens on several computers (I guess all) in 
the center. 

(we have a Unix station, to which are connected the PCs. It seems that 
the problem only arises when working from the PCs).

Sincerely,
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Yves MANIETTE
tel (34 3) 402 1695  fax (34 3) 402 1398
Unitat ESCA-TEM
Serveis Cientifico-Tecnics
Universitat de Barcelona
Carrer Lluis Sole i Sabaris 08028 BARCELONA Espana

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From: Don Sugarman <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 12:35:28 -0400 (EDT)

> the problem only arises when working from the PCs).
Yves,
I had a similar problem with my communications software.  I fixed this by 
disabling the status and menu lines.

Pine uses 24 lines.  Because my communications software was using two 
lines for status and menu, I had only 23 lines for Pine and the display 
jumped back and forth as I scrolled.

What software are you using to connect to the Unix server?  Is it giving 
you at least 24 lines for your remote session?

Good luck,
Don Sugarman
[email-masked]