[src/trunk]: src/lib/libcurses Disable typeahead being set to infd by default...

[roy <roy%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/f775aca9915b
branches:  trunk
changeset: 351550:f775aca9915b
user:      roy <roy%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Fri Feb 17 11:18:38 2017 +0000

description:
Disable typeahead being set to infd by default as this seems to cause
refresh issues in nvi.

diffstat:

 lib/libcurses/screen.c |  14 +++++++++++---
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diffs (35 lines):

diff -r b48f08b73221 -r f775aca9915b lib/libcurses/screen.c
--- a/lib/libcurses/screen.c    Fri Feb 17 10:51:48 2017 +0000
+++ b/lib/libcurses/screen.c    Fri Feb 17 11:18:38 2017 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*     $NetBSD: screen.c,v 1.31 2017/01/31 09:17:53 roy Exp $  */
+/*     $NetBSD: screen.c,v 1.32 2017/02/17 11:18:38 roy Exp $  */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1981, 1993, 1994
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #if 0
 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)screen.c   8.2 (blymn) 11/27/2001";
 #else
-__RCSID("$NetBSD: screen.c,v 1.31 2017/01/31 09:17:53 roy Exp $");
+__RCSID("$NetBSD: screen.c,v 1.32 2017/02/17 11:18:38 roy Exp $");
 #endif
 #endif                                 /* not lint */
 
@@ -135,7 +135,15 @@
 #endif
 
        new_screen->infd = infd;
-       new_screen->checkfd = fileno(infd);
+       /*
+        * POSIX standard says this should be set to infd by default,
+        * but this seems to break nvi by leaving an unrefreshed screen.
+        * Also, the line breakout optimisation advertised in ncurses
+        * doesn't actually do anything, so explicitly disabling it here makes
+        * sense for the time being.
+        * A caller can always enable it by calling typeahead(3) anyway.
+        */
+       new_screen->checkfd = -1; // fileno(infd);
        new_screen->outfd = outfd;
        new_screen->echoit = new_screen->nl = 1;
        new_screen->pfast = new_screen->rawmode = new_screen->noqch = 0;