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On Feb 20 17:38, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Feb 20 17:22, Thomas Wolff wrote: > > On 20.02.2020 17:04, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > > On Feb 20 23:49, Takashi Yano wrote: > > > > On Thu, 20 Feb 2020 15:22:45 +0100 > > > > Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > > > > On Feb 20 23:13, Takashi Yano wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, 20 Feb 2020 14:44:59 +0100 > > > > > > Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > > > > > > But, here's a question: Why do we move the cursor to the right at all? > > > > > > > I assume this is compatible with legacy mode, right? > > > > > > Hmm. This may be a bug of legacy console. > > > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_character > > > > > > says > > > > > > (some terminals, however, incorrectly display it as space) > > > > > > > > > > > > What about ignoring NUL in legacy mode too? > > > > > I'd like that, but this may be a problem in terms of backward > > > > > compatibility. The behaviour is so old, it actually precedes even the > > > > > import of Cygwin code into the original CVS repository, 20 years ago... > > > > If so, can't we say it is the *specification* of TERM=cygwin > > > > that NUL moves the cursor right? > > > Good point. Yes, in that case it's "working as designed" and > > > we just leave it as is. I push my patch. > > See `man 5 terminfo`: if NUL does anything else than just padding, the > > terminfo entry must contain a pad or npc entry, which it doesn't. > > Trouble to be expected. I'd rather suggest to align the design with > > applications' expectations. > > Is that the cygwin terminfo or the xterm terminfo you're talking about? > > In case of the cygwin terminfo, that would mean the cygwin terminal > emulation behaves differently from the terminfo for ages. I guess > you're right then, we should fix this in the cygwin terminal emulation > to make sure it behaves as descibed in its terminfo. > > In case of the xterm terminfo, that would be no problem because my patch > drops the cursor movement for NUL. Yeah, never mind, I checked the cygwin terminfo entry myself. I pushed a patch removing the cursor movement on NUL and added a matching comment instead. Thanks, Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Cygwin Maintainer
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