Re: After quitting, terminal jumbles up

[Jim Pryor <lists+offlineimap@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 12:16:02AM -0500, Loui Chang wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 09:09:52PM -0800, Oliver Zheng wrote:
> > I recently installed Offlineimap on my system (Arch Linux). After
> > syncing and quitting, the terminal (xterm) gets all weird. Anything
> > typed in is not displayed. The prompt is not line broken (it becomes
> > ~: ~: ~:, etc). The UI I'm using is Curses.Blinkenlights. this does
> > not happen with other UIs.
> > 
> > What's the problem? Is there a fix?
> 
> You can fix the terminal by typing 'reset'.
> Though that doesn't solve the underlying problem...
> I have no idea about that one.

I also sometimes experience this. In the past, I didn't consistently see it when
running Curses.Blinkenlights. But now, based on casual observation, it
does seem to happen consistently. Sorry I can't identify when this
changed for the worse. Also, when running other UIs, such as
Noninteractive.Quiet, in the background, if Offlineimap crashes,
sometimes this also messes up the terminal in a similar way. I hadn't
reported the problem yet because I hadn't been able to pinpoint it
better.


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Jim Pryor
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