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Re: box() function in curses
- To: Didier Juges <JugesD at keltec dot sigtech dot com>
- Subject: Re: box() function in curses
- From: Charles Wilson <cwilson at ece dot gatech dot edu>
- Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 14:43:36 -0400
- CC: "'cygwin at cygwin dot com'" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- References: <280ACD22066CBF44A2607ACD0921567D04FB83@stck2.keltec.sigtech.com>
Add 'codepage:oem' to your CYGWIN variable.
--Chuck
Didier Juges wrote:
> The box() function in curses creates an ugly looking box, where the extended
> characters drawing the box (ACS_VLINE, ACS_HLINE) are replaced with
> characters from the lower ASCII set (3 and Ä). This code works fine under
> VT100 terminal settings.
>
> I suppose this may be due to the TERM setting in cygwin, which is 'cygwin'
> instead of VT100.
>
> Any idea how to fix that?
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