From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 20576 invoked from network); 21 Apr 1999 16:12:39 -0000 Received: from sunsite.auc.dk (130.225.51.30) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 21 Apr 1999 16:12:39 -0000 Received: (qmail 15176 invoked by alias); 21 Apr 1999 16:09:27 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.auc.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 6071 Received: (qmail 14859 invoked from network); 21 Apr 1999 16:09:00 -0000 From: "Bart Schaefer" Message-Id: <990421090539.ZM11007@candle.brasslantern.com> Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 09:05:39 -0700 In-Reply-To: <199904211412.XAA26269@pop1.ngy.3web.ne.jp> Comments: In reply to Tatsuo Furukawa "Re: Patch available for 3.0.6-pre-0" (Apr 21, 11:14pm) References: <199904211412.XAA26269@pop1.ngy.3web.ne.jp> X-Mailer: Z-Mail (4.0b.820 20aug96) To: Tatsuo Furukawa Subject: Re: Patch available for 3.0.6-pre-0 Cc: zsh-workers@sunsite.auc.dk MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Apr 21, 11:14pm, Tatsuo Furukawa wrote: } Subject: Re: Patch available for 3.0.6-pre-0 } } Hi! I am glad to meet new stable zsh. (^_^) I'm sure it's glad to meet you, too. } I have a small dissatisfaction for zsh. Zsh can NOT treat RPROMPT } to right place with some (special) terminal. [...] } If terminal does not have RI= entry, zsh uses TAB character for } horizontal cursor move. And zsh assumes that TAB stop is 8, 16, 24, } 32, .. But TAB stop is user definable, so this assumption is not Am I wrong in thinking the fix for this is `stty -tabs` ? There are other programs than zsh that would be confused by this behavior. } I think that it is NOT hpterm's defect. Because the standard for TAB } stop behavior is NOT exist, zsh should NOT assume such TAB stop. I'll put this patch in if I see a couple of other messages in support of it; but as a frequent ssh-over-28.8-PPP-link user, I'm sensitive to issues with speed of screen refresh and I'd rather not be needlessly penalized. -- Bart Schaefer Brass Lantern Enterprises http://www.well.com/user/barts http://www.brasslantern.com