Gnome-terminal question.

[Alexander Hvostov <vulture aoi dyndns org>]

Greetings,

I'm using the gnome-terminal program, version 1.0.55, and suddenly it
seems to do something interesting: whenever I try to cat a long file (my
favorite is /usr/include/linux/capability.h ;), it suddenly stops, and
continues printing when a key is pressed.

I am using gnome-terminal with the screen program, version 3.09.05, and
indeed this only seems to happen when screen is running on that
terminal! Would anyone happen to know what might be amiss?

I am, by the way, using the unstable ("woody") version of Debian
GNU/Linux, and am using the standard gnome-terminal and screen packages
that come with it.

I've attached the configuration files for both programs here.

Thanks for any help you may offer...

Regards,

Alex.

----- BEGIN GNOME-TERMINAL CONFIGURATION -----
[Placement]
Dock=Menubar\\0,0,0,0

[Config]
font=-dec-terminal-medium-r-normal-*-*-140-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1
wordclass=-A-Za-z0-9,./?%&#
scrollpos=right
bell_silenced=false
blinking=true
swap_del_and_backspace=false
login_by_default=true
scrollbacklines=512
color_set=0
color_scheme=linux
menubar=true
scrollonkey=true
scrollonoutput=false
transparent=false
shaded=false
scroll_background=false
background_pixmap=false
pixmap_file=
palette=rgb:0000/0000/0000 rgb:aaaa/0000/0000 rgb:0000/aaaa/0000 rgb:aaaa/5555/0000 rgb:0000/0000/aaaa rgb:aaaa/0000/aaaa rgb:0000/aaaa/aaaa rgb:aaaa/aaaa/aaaa rgb:5555/5555/5555 rgb:ffff/5555/5555 rgb:5555/ffff/5555 rgb:ffff/ffff/5555 rgb:5555/5555/ffff rgb:ffff/5555/ffff rgb:5555/ffff/ffff rgb:ffff/ffff/ffff rgb:bebe/bebe/bebe rgb:0000/0000/0000 
----- END GNOME-TERMINAL CONFIGURATION -----

----- BEGIN SCREEN CONFIGURATION -----
#3.3
# This is a global screenrc file
# Install this file as /etc/screenrc. See config.h
#
# Flaws of termcap and standard settings are done here.
# Note: This file should not be shared between different hosts.
#       The 'termcap' lines are written in termcap syntax.
#       The syntax for a terminfo based host is slightly different.
#

startup_message off
nethack off

defflow off

deflogin on
autodetach on

vbell on
vbell_msg "   Ding!   "

msgwait 2

# hardstatus configuration
hardstatus off
#hardstatus lastline

# all termcap entries are now duplicated as terminfo entries.
# only difference should be the slightly modified syntax, and check for
# terminfo entries, that are already corected in the database.
# 
# G0 	we have a SEMI-GRAPHICS-CHARACTER-MODE
# WS	this sequence resizes our window.
# cs    this sequence changes the scrollregion
# hs@	we have no hardware statusline. screen will only believe that
#       there is a hardware status line if hs,ts,fs,ds are all set.
# ts    to statusline
# fs    from statusline
# ds    delete statusline
# al    add one line
# AL    add multiple lines
# dl    delete one line
# DL    delete multiple lines
# ic    insert one char (space)
# IC    insert multiple chars
# nx    terminal uses xon/xoff

termcap  facit|vt100|xterm LP:G0
terminfo facit|vt100|xterm LP:G0

#the vt100 description does not mention "dl". *sigh*
termcap  vt100 dl=5\E[M
terminfo vt100 dl=5\E[M

#facit's "al" / "dl"  are buggy if the current / last line
#contain attributes...
termcap  facit al=\E[L\E[K:AL@:dl@:DL@:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:ic@
terminfo facit al=\E[L\E[K:AL@:dl@:DL@:cs=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dr:ic@

#make sun termcap/info better
termcap  sun 'up=^K:AL=\E[%dL:DL=\E[%dM:UP=\E[%dA:DO=\E[%dB:LE=\E[%dD:RI=\E[%dC:IC=\E[%d@:WS=1000\E[8;%d;%dt'
terminfo sun 'up=^K:AL=\E[%p1%dL:DL=\E[%p1%dM:UP=\E[%p1%dA:DO=\E[%p1%dB:LE=\E[%p1%dD:RI=\E[%p1%dC:IC=\E[%p1%d@:WS=\E[8;%p1%d;%p2%dt$<1000>'

#xterm understands both im/ic and doesn't have a status line.
#Note: Do not specify im and ic in the real termcap/info file as
#some programs (e.g. vi) will (no,no, may (jw)) not work anymore.
termcap  xterm|fptwist hs@:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:im=\E[4h:ei=\E[4l
terminfo xterm|fptwist hs@:cs=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dr:im=\E[4h:ei=\E[4l

# Long time I had this in my private screenrc file. But many people
# seem to want it (jw):
# we do not want the width to change to 80 characters on startup:
# on suns, /etc/termcap has :is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l:
termcap xterm 'is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;4;6l'
terminfo xterm 'is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;4;6l'

#
# Do not use xterms alternate window buffer. 
# This one would not add lines to the scrollback buffer.
#termcap xterm|xterms|xs ti=\E7\E[?47l
#terminfo xterm|xterms|xs ti=\E7\E[?47l

#make hp700 termcap/info better
termcap  hp700 'Z0=\E[?3h:Z1=\E[?3l:hs:ts=\E[62"p\E[0$~\E[2$~\E[1$}:fs=\E[0}\E[61"p:ds=\E[62"p\E[1$~\E[61"p:ic@'
terminfo hp700 'Z0=\E[?3h:Z1=\E[?3l:hs:ts=\E[62"p\E[0$~\E[2$~\E[1$}:fs=\E[0}\E[61"p:ds=\E[62"p\E[1$~\E[61"p:ic@'

#wyse-75-42 must have defflow control (xo = "terminal uses xon/xoff")
#(nowadays: nx = padding doesn't work, have to use xon/off)
#essential to have it here, as this is a slow terminal.
termcap wy75-42 nx:xo:Z0=\E[?3h\E[31h:Z1=\E[?3l\E[31h
terminfo wy75-42 nx:xo:Z0=\E[?3h\E[31h:Z1=\E[?3l\E[31h

#remove some stupid / dangerous key bindings
bind '^k'
#bind 'L'
bind '^\'
#make them better
bind '\\' quit
bind 'K' kill
bind 'I' login on
bind 'O' login off
bind '}' history

# change command key
escape '^V^V'

# colon takes a parameter since screen-3.8.6
#bind 'R' colon "screen -ln rlogin faui -8^b^b^b"
#bind 'P' colon "^p"

# On Debian GNU/Linux, `<--' (Backspace key) should send char `\177':
bindkey -k kb stuff "\177"
----- END SCREEN CONFIGURATION -----

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