[ minicom-Bugs-300839 ] lines are cut incorrectly by replacing character at last column

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Bugs item #300839, was opened at 2004-07-05 02:51
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Priority: 5
Submitted By: Nobody (None)
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Summary: lines are cut incorrectly by replacing character at last column

Initial Comment:
minicom version 2.1 (debian unstable)

how to reproduce:

 - log into some unix box via minicom from xterm or similar
 - turn off the line wrap (ie. minicom should cut lines)
 - make your xterm narrower than the following string:
 - echo "1234567890|1234567890|1234567890|1234567890|1234567890|1234567890|1234567890|1234567890X"

Now you should see that Minicom cuts that line from some point, depending on width of your terminal window. Take a closer look at the character at last column. Is it correct?

For me, it shows for example `"1234567890|1234567890|1234X'. It replaces the character of the last visible column with the character at the end of the whole string(!). It should have shown: `"1234567890|1234567890|12345'

This may cause some nasty debugging sessions if you rely that minicom shows exactly what the remote device prints. I did... :)

I assume this is a designed feature... I didn't find a config option for this, and this feature is really annoying. :)

- Toni


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Date: 2004-07-05 02:52

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