Re: [Nettle-users] DeviceFS support for !Nettle

[Michael D. <mi...@sm...>]

In article <244...@iy...>,
   James Peacock <ji...@go...> wrote:

> ssh exiting when I hit an arrow key is a bit of a pain.

Yeah, I had that problem once.  Some ssh binaries are better than others.
Try this one:

  http://www.smoothartist.com/temp/ssh.zip

I got it from John Tytgat and it seems to work much better.

> I assumed this is due to TaskWindow seeing a '27' input byte and
> causing an escape condition. Might be worth having a look at TaskWindow
> now its source is available.

I'm not sure what the cause is.

Anyway, it would be much better to have SSH support properly integrated
into Nettle.

> > ZapRedraw can do Unicode characters now, but maybe Nettle needs to be
> > updated to use it properly?

> Perhaps. Would be possible to get UTF-8 input on RISC OS 5 working as 
> well. Is there any way for Nettle to determine the character set of a 
> terminal automatically?

Are any of Nettle's original developers still around?

> I noticed that LINES, ROWS and COLUMNS system variables are set by 
> Nettle, presumably to communicate the size of the terminal to UNIX 
> ports. Obviously these are global which could produce the weirdness 
> you see.

Ah, I guess that explains it. :)

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Michael Drake