Hello Wilfred.

27 Mar 24 14:28, you wrote to me:

 WvV>>> Well it helped! I switched to the $TERM=putty-256color settings
 WvV>>> we discussed before, and now all is well!
 VA>> Great. Looks like some question need to be saved in FAQ. I only
 VA>> never saw English version of it.
 WvV> I don't think it exists.

I think so. :)

 VA>>>> echo $TERM

 WvV>>> Is is 'xterm' in my local konsole, and was 'linux' but now
 WvV>>> 'putty-256color' in my putty terminal.

 VA>> 256color make console very different in other programs too.

 WvV> I haven't tested the regular TERM=putty, but compared to TERM=linux,
 WvV> Midnight Commander looks the same. But my own ncurses program
 WvV> (configuration program for FMail tosser), looks ok now too!

ncurses uses terminfo and `linux` not the best for Putty. `xterm` may work, but `putty` or `putty-256color` is the best for sure.

 WvV> https://paste.opensuse.org/pastes/c77fdc8fd4af

 WvV> In the background how it looks with 'putty-256color' and how it is
 WvV> supposed to look. In the forground how it looks if TERM=linux.

putty-256color just add colors. Not every program will look different. For example `ls` will.

Vitaliy

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