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From: chilton@MCS.COM (Christopher Hilton)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Emacs setup for console?
Date: 23 Jun 1995 17:14:03 -0500
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In article <mvhDAnADD.IqL@netcom.com>, Michael Harding <mvh@netcom.com> wrote:
> I built emacs from the ports directory, and it seems to work
>fine in X, but if I use it from a virtual console, it sometimes seems to
>get confused about the cursor position. An example would be filename
>completion: /usr/share might be displayed as /usr/hare. I am using
>2.0 from the CD. Anybody know this one? Thanks.
>
>
The syscons driver has a bunch of bugs, it's not emacs. I'm not sure
if you can just get the latest syscons driver and build a new kernel
with it. E-mail me on this as I have it partially fixed.
C.
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Christopher Sean Hilton E-mail: chilton@mcs.com
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