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Re: Small bug in tput ... it does not accept hex numbers anymore
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Thomas Dickey |
Subject: |
Re: Small bug in tput ... it does not accept hex numbers anymore |
Date: |
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 14:53:37 -0500 |
On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 04:00:13PM +0100, Dr. Werner Fink wrote:
> Hi,
>
> one of my scripts is using tput in a bash shell sript and checks
> the rep feature of the XTerm.
>
> Now I see wrong line letters and indeed if I check line graphic q
> tput does throw error messages if hex is used:
>
> tput rep 0x71 10
> tput: unknown terminfo capability '0x71'
> qqqqqqqqqq
>
> if I use decimal numbers it works
>
> tput rep 113 10
> qqqqqqqqqq
>
> in older ncurses versions hex numbers are accepted without such
> error messages.
I hadn't noticed - that probably happened when I provided for the
OpenBSD-variant (but probably can repair that).
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Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
https://invisible-island.net
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