Re: newline in terminal??

[Rohan Deshpande <rdzx@home.com>]

Hey again,

ASDF JLK;

This bug is really annoying me.  I use the terminal just like everyone
else and having my text be rewritten over as I type is just plain
annoying.  Anyone discovered a solution yet?

Thanks,
Rohan


* Sebastiaan (S.Breedveld@ITS.TUDelft.NL) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, Rohan Deshpande wrote:
> 
> > Hi everyone,
> > 
> > I was just wondering why this is happening:
> > 
> > When I am typing in a terminal, i.e. a long directory, at the end of the
> > terminal's width, the text does not start on a new line.  It just
> > overwrites what text is already on screen; it works properly if all the
> > text is entered in but i can't see all of the text.
> > 
> No solution, but a question: when you hit backspace, does the text walk up
> a line and generate a stairs effect? This happens with me when I resized
> the terminal size. Very irritating. I think this is a bug.
> 
> Greetz,
> Sebastiaan
> 
>