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FW: box() function in curses
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- Subject: FW: box() function in curses
- From: Didier Juges <JugesD at keltec dot sigtech dot com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 16:03:32 -0500
I added "export CYGWIN=codepage:oem" to my /etc/profile file, restarted
cygwin and it works.
Thanks
Didier
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Wilson [SMTP:cwilson@ece.gatech.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 1:44 PM
> To: Didier Juges
> Cc: 'cygwin@cygwin.com'
> Subject: Re: box() function in curses
>
> 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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