[Info-vax] MAIL> DIR/NEW different in 8.3 and 8.3-1H1

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In article <dzjTRGPT7RXi at eisner.encompasserve.org>, koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes:
>In article <1b92c607-3b8c-4246-aec7-7fbd888fc843 at j30g2000vbr.googlegroups.com>, Peter Weaver <info-vax at weaverconsulting.ca> writes:
>> Brian,
>> 
>> Since you are brave enough to run V8.4 can you tell me if HP fixed the
>> ACCOUNTING bug? When I tested the first field test for 8.4 I found
>> that a simple "ACCOUNTING" command on a 80 column display would wrap.
>> This wrap was even if the terminal was set /NOWRAP and even if the
>> terminal was set to truncate. The reply I received was that a
>> particular field was one character longer but the reply did not make
>> any comments about whether it would be fixed or not.
>
>   Sounds liek a common thread coming.  Terminal driver maybe?

IT IS NOT THE TERMINAL DRIVER OR TERMINAL SETTINGS.  If anything it's the
code used for output in these utilities.  Could be stupid C coding errors
like in the SHOW SHODOW command discussed here recently.

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