RE: midnight bug - feature request :))

[Pavel Roskin <proski gnu org>]

Hello!

> > Either you have two different mc executables, or they are run
> You are right. The working midnight commander is version 4.5.99a. The
> snapshot versions have the bug.

The snapshot uses the S-Lang library 1.4.5 included with the sources.

> >  mc recently switched the internal S-Lang to version 1.4.5 - 
> > that can be the reason.
> I don't understand it.

S-Lang is the library responsible for screen output (www.s-lang.org).  mc
can be linked against an already installed S-Lang library, but the mc
sources include a stripped down S-Lang library that is used if S-Lang is
not installed or cannot be used for some reason.  Those included sources
were upgraded recently.

> > Teraterm Pro.  It uses vt220.
> It seems to works well, except the colors are totally different (red
> background - no blue, etc).

Good catch!  This should be reported to S-Lang developers.  My recent 
patch to S-Lang may be responsible for that.  This goes to my TODO list.

Sorry, I'm too busy to add new features, even to discuss them, but I do
care about regressions.  I wish you to learn C, and I'll welcome you as a
new developer when you do.

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin