Bug#253362: problem with mc and less - seems caused by gnome-terminal

[Alfie Costa]

On 6/14/04 Andriy Tymchenko wrote:

 > I have similar problem with 'mc' and 'less' at least. It appears that
 > gnome-terminal is more "dumb".

Same here also with 'mc'.

 > ...In 'less' it causes visible delays while scrolling back along any
 > text file, which also appears to be from same reason.

My system has the less backscroll delay too.  Gnome-terminal has had 
this problem in the past, then it was fixed, then it came back, then it 
was fixed, and now it's back again.  For details aplenty see:

  #218399 PageUp behaviour within less broken AGAIN
  http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=218399&archive=yes

  #203049 gnome-terminal: strange behavior with certain manpages
  http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=203049

  #190651 gnome-terminal: PageUp in 'less' has gone a bit haywire
  http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=190651

...also upstream:

  Bug 115149: PageUp in 'less' has gone a bit haywire
  http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=115149