Re: [Nano-devel] prompt reappears at the wrong place when exiting nano

[Martin Olsson]

Is there any special reason why this has not been fixed? Holding down 
enter for a while is not a long-term solution for me, hehe.


regards,
martin


David Benbennick wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 18:43:19 -0800, Martin Olsson <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was wondering about this bug-like thing that happens with nano on some
> > machines I use. Let's say I type "clear", "ls -al" and then "nano
> > somefile.txt". Now later when I exit nano one of two things happen.
> >
> > 1. the console screen reappears with the prompt right below the line
> > where I typed "nano somefile.txt"
> >
> > 2. the console screen reappears with the prompt somewhere in the middle
> > of the old "ls -al" output
> >
> > Is it a nano problem or a shell problem? How can I fix this?
>
>
> It's a Nano problem.  The same thing happens when you suspend with control-Z.
>
> A workaround is to have the cursor at the last line of the window
> before launching Nano.  Just hold down Enter for a while...  (And
> don't change the window height while Nano is running!)