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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.