Re: [Nano-devel] prompt reappears at the wrong place when exiting nano

[David Benbennick]

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 18:43:19 -0800, Martin Olsson <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was wondering about this bug-like thing that happens with nano on some
> machines I use. Let's say I type "clear", "ls -al" and then "nano
> somefile.txt". Now later when I exit nano one of two things happen.
> 
> 1. the console screen reappears with the prompt right below the line
> where I typed "nano somefile.txt"
> 
> 2. the console screen reappears with the prompt somewhere in the middle
> of the old "ls -al" output
> 
> Is it a nano problem or a shell problem? How can I fix this?

It's a Nano problem.  The same thing happens when you suspend with control-Z.

A workaround is to have the cursor at the last line of the window
before launching Nano.  Just hold down Enter for a while...  (And
don't change the window height while Nano is running!)