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From: Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com>
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Subject: Re: xterm rlwrap sbcl
Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2024 22:01:23 -0300
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:

> On Wed, 11 Dec 2024 22:22:28 -0300, Salvador Mirzo wrote:
>
>> $ echo $TERM
>> xterm
>
> Same here.
>
>> I really am running PuTTY on Windows and logging in to a FreeBSD system.
>
> I am running KDE Konsole on Linux to access a local shell.
>
>> Of course, I typed
>> 
>>   (format t "hello~%")
>> 
>> but we end up seeing
>> 
>>   (f(format t "hello~%")
>
> My terminal window shows:
>
>     * (format t "hello~%")
>     hello
>     NIL
>
>> If I type
>> 
>>   (write-string "hello")
>> 
>> we end up with
>> 
>> * (w(write-string "hello")
>> hello
>> "hello"
>
> My terminal window shows:
>
>     * (write-string "hello")
>     hello
>     "hello"
>
> Most likely suspect: Windows is the weakest link.

I can reproduce the problem on an xterm running Xorg in the latest
version of FreeBSD.  A picture: https://0x0.st/8rkK.png.