A Rather Annoying Glitch with Nano / Vi (scrambled text)

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A Rather Annoying Glitch with Nano / Vi (scrambled text)

asked 2018-02-17 21:56:47 +0300

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updated 2020-02-12 08:57:52 +0300

peterleinchen

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Hei,

Am I the only one experiencing issues with nano? I had this on my JP1301 and now on my SailfishX.

After editing a file for a while the cursor starts jumping in the actual line. The data is (visually) scrambled. Quitting and restarting nano helps but the issue returns more rapidly with every cycle. Closing the CLI is of a better help but only for a while. The bigger the file or the more keystrokes the more quicker it starts failing.

LVPVS over.

--edit: happens also with vi (on XA2, SFOS 3.2.1)

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me too, also SailfishX

idnovic ( 2018-02-17 22:15:47 +0300 )edit

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yep, nano does do this, but not when connected to pc via ssh.

Spam Hunter ( 2018-02-18 00:30:43 +0300 )edit

I can confirm this, too.

jolladiho ( 2018-02-18 11:25:14 +0300 )edit

If I'm correct NIelDK @ Openrepos' mirror does have a newer version of nano. Anyone tried with that?

Louis ( 2018-02-18 13:22:57 +0300 )edit

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Hei,

No, I haven't tried it. This issue is present from day zero. So I was wondering if anyone responsible (for nano - if there is one) knows about it.

LVPVS over.

LVPVS ( 2018-02-19 09:52:13 +0300 )edit

I'm having this issue too. I noticed when using other cli-tools that refreshing is kind of wonky sometimes in Fingerterm, so maybe it is related to the terminal emulator rather than nano. I will try @Edz's suggested fix.

Kabouik ( 2020-01-23 18:26:16 +0300 )edit

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You could try to give joe editor (https://openrepos.net/content/nokius/joe-joes-own-editor ) a try, it's as easy as nano (ctrl-k-h for help overlay with all the key combos) and worked without any scrambling so far for me, but maybe just lucky

szopin ( 2020-02-14 15:07:31 +0300 )edit

me too, also SailfishX
idnovic ( 2018-02-17 22:15:47 +0300 )edit
yep, nano does do this, but not when connected to pc via ssh.
Spam Hunter ( 2018-02-18 00:30:43 +0300 )edit
I can confirm this, too.
jolladiho ( 2018-02-18 11:25:14 +0300 )edit
If I'm correct NIelDK @ Openrepos' mirror does have a newer version of nano. Anyone tried with that?
Louis ( 2018-02-18 13:22:57 +0300 )edit
Hei,
No, I haven't tried it. This issue is present from day zero. So I was wondering if anyone responsible (for nano - if there is one) knows about it.
LVPVS over.
LVPVS ( 2018-02-19 09:52:13 +0300 )edit
I'm having this issue too. I noticed when using other cli-tools that refreshing is kind of wonky sometimes in Fingerterm, so maybe it is related to the terminal emulator rather than nano. I will try @Edz's suggested fix.
Kabouik ( 2020-01-23 18:26:16 +0300 )edit
You could try to give joe editor (https://openrepos.net/content/nokius/joe-joes-own-editor ) a try, it's as easy as nano (ctrl-k-h for help overlay with all the key combos) and worked without any scrambling so far for me, but maybe just lucky
szopin ( 2020-02-14 15:07:31 +0300 )edit

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answered 2019-11-19 21:40:33 +0300

Spam Hunter

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updated 2019-11-19 21:48:12 +0300

This had to be sorted and it seems I have discovered a solution;

Add the following line to your /home/nemo/.bash_profile

export TERM=xterm-color

I restarted lipstick although this may not be necessary.

Now when I look at one of my 'problem' files, my 8 digit hex codes are not garbled and editable without problems.

Before discovering the above fix, I compliled that latest version of Nano (4.5.1) on my Jolla1 thinking it might fix the problem, but no, anyway, it's here at my dropbox if anyone is interested;

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vbsc0pl1wmcbkfx/nano-4.5-1.armv7hl.rpm?dl=0

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Just stumbled upon this and wanted to apply...

... to see I already did in November. ;)
And I definitely still garbled text in nano. So it looks like this does not work (for me). :(

peterleinchen ( 2020-01-24 01:14:05 +0300 )edit

@Edz, it lloks you found your 'solution' here?

But for me this did not help.
And as I switched mainly to vi and experienced the same here I guess it is caused by terminal (fingerterm?) itself???

peterleinchen ( 2020-02-12 08:56:06 +0300 )edit

I can't recall where I found the 'solution'. I'll test again.

Spam Hunter ( 2020-02-14 15:25:02 +0300 )edit

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answered 2020-02-13 01:15:34 +0300

peterleinchen

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Probably @olf already was/is on the right track?
Have a look here and linked.

Going to test this with toeterm...

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