From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13615 invoked from network); 2 Mar 2005 09:10:58 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 2 Mar 2005 09:10:58 -0000 Received: (qmail 67514 invoked from network); 2 Mar 2005 09:10:52 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 2 Mar 2005 09:10:52 -0000 Received: (qmail 10153 invoked by alias); 2 Mar 2005 09:10:44 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 20908 Received: (qmail 10135 invoked from network); 2 Mar 2005 09:10:44 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 2 Mar 2005 09:10:44 -0000 Received: (qmail 67121 invoked from network); 2 Mar 2005 09:10:44 -0000 Received: from vms046pub.verizon.net (206.46.252.46) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 2 Mar 2005 09:10:40 -0000 Received: from candle.brasslantern.com ([4.11.1.68]) by vms046.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2 HotFix 0.04 (built Dec 24 2004)) with ESMTPA id <0ICP005URW5QBDO1@vms046.mailsrvcs.net> for zsh-workers@sunsite.dk; Wed, 02 Mar 2005 03:10:39 -0600 (CST) Received: from candle.brasslantern.com (IDENT:schaefer@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by candle.brasslantern.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j229AbQP029040 for ; Wed, 02 Mar 2005 01:10:37 -0800 Received: (from schaefer@localhost) by candle.brasslantern.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id j229Abdw029039 for zsh-workers@sunsite.dk; Wed, 02 Mar 2005 01:10:37 -0800 Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 09:10:36 +0000 From: Bart Schaefer Subject: Bug in echotc ? To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk Message-id: <1050302091036.ZM29038@candle.brasslantern.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Z-Mail (5.0.0 30July97) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 on a.mx.sunsite.dk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=6.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Hits: -2.6 I was fooling with something related to the discussion of nopromptcr workarounds. I tried this: schaefer[505] echotc cm $LINES $COLUMNS ; sleep 5; echo here here That doesn't look like column 80 to me, but I checked "man termcap" which says (and "man terminfo" confirms): cm Cursor move to row %1 and column %2 (on screen) Nevertheless, I tried "echotc cm $COLUMNS $LINES" instead, and got what I expected the first to have done. Is echotc broken, or is the manual page confused? (Using "echoti cup $LINES $COLUMNS" works correctly.)