[Info-vax] bizarre SEARCH bug (7.3-2 Alpha)

[johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk]

On Monday, 11 November 2019 20:39:32 UTC, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply)  wrote:
> In article <qqc90k$q11$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley
> <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes: 
> 
> > On 2019-11-11, abrsvc <dansabrservices at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > I just tried the reproducer on an Alpha with V7.3-2 and it worked as expected with both sets of brackets being highlighted.  I can't easily get the patch list here (it it on an isolated network using hardwired terminals).  
> > >
> > > I would check your patch level and perhaps scan the patch docs for any "fixes" to DCL for something that sounds like this.
> > >
> > 
> > Maybe Phillip has a terminal emulator problem or maybe the VMS
> > settings are different on his systems or on his terminal emulator.
> > 
> > Have you tried a different terminal emulator Phillip or checked your
> > VMS SET TERM and terminal emulator settings ?
> 
> It was a DECTerm running under CD on 7.3-2.  I just tried on a real 
> VT220: same behaviour (bug in 7.3-2, OK in 8.4).  Note that not all 
> instances of [ and ] in the same line show the bug.  :-|

Maybe this is a silly question: have you got a terminal (or
emulator) that does "Display Controls" rather then "Interpret 
Controls"? Or some other way of monitoring the data stream 
which VMS is sending and/or the data stream which is reaching
the terminal/emulator, rather than just characters which are
being displayed?

Saying no more than that, for fear of awakening the Sleeping
Monster of the Terminal Driver (which may be completely
irrelevant and therefore not be pleased about being woken).