Different nCurses behaviours with different terminals

Question

I obtain two different behaviours using different terminals, this is my code:

(use ncurses)

(initscr)
(curs_set 0)
(noecho)
(start_color)

(define win (newwin 2         


        

Answer 1

That sounds as if your TERM variable is set to xterm, which occasionally produces problems for the VTE-based terminals (gnome-terminal, etc). It's an FAQ (Why not just use TERM set to "xterm"?).

It's not a bug (in ncurses, at any rate).

Setting it to vte will work if you have a complete terminal database...