Weird Output Mix-up

Posted by Flannel on Thu 17 Apr 2003 07:59 AM — 5 posts, 13,347 views.

USA #0
Occassionally, When doing chat:help (this is with 3.37), I would get 9 or so lines of my previous output overwriting the almost-last lines of the help spam. The last line (of the chat help, noserved) would still be there. Once you scroll, or something comes from the mud, it's fixed....

First time I saw this, I thought I was seeing things...
then I reproduced it.

It doesnt happen every time, you have to go through a bit of Mud output before it'll happen again. I have a screenshot (which proved to me Im not crazy), so I know its not me...

Im running Windows ME, with 3.37.
Amended on Thu 17 Apr 2003 08:03 AM by Flannel
Australia Forum Administrator #1
Sounds like a screen refresh issue - I'll keep an eye open for it.
USA #2
Sort of related (possibly) with the other one, as I assume this is a refresh issue.

Sometimes, when I have my output paused and scrolled all the way to the bottom and I recieve lines, sometimes one will be blank (If I highlight, the text is there, Or it off/on screen, or swithc windows, etc (if I make it refresh again))

I think Ive figured out a pattern.
It seems to happen on a channel line, but not the prompt that immediately follows it, so it MIGHT have something to do with the fact that my channels are triggered and stuff, but I dont think so. My guess is that the line thats right 'below' the bottom of the screen isnt getting refreshed.

Actually, That doesnt make sense, as I believe I got two in a row a non-refreshed line, then a prompt line, then a non-refreshed line, then a prompt line. Without scrolling at all.

Ok, so I confess Ive talked myself out of my suppositions.

More info on the triggers incase theyll help...
Ive got a plugin (ive had it, hasnt given me problems in the past) that has triggers for all the lines of channels, it then sends them to a notepad, and thats it. Does it via one script (lots of triggers, all get funneled through the same code, which just slaps them into a notepad window) with no fancy things being done to them. Its in a plugin, and the notepad I keep open next to my main world, so I can see both at same time (could it maybe be refreshing one, and forgetting to refresh the other? or something?)

Hmm, Now I think Ive exhausted my self-diagnostic in hopes that my ramblings might stir your solutions.

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also, On a unrelated bit (Its not signifigant enough to be its own post, and I might remember reading something about it already anyway), Sometimes when I re-open mushclient (click on its taskbar icon) itll have the two toolbars on top stacked vertically, and all my windows curled up to almost nothing (as if it was trying to fit to window while minimized). Unfortunately, I cant give more details about it, as I dont remember what I did before the problem started.

Its more of a nuisance than anything, not too horrible.
Greece #3
Yes, it happens, when there is lots of output (usually from a script, the MUD is slow enough). just press pageup and pagedown, and it'll be ok.
USA #4
Yeah, Its easy enough to fix, even just scroll a little, but, Its not a LOT of output usually, I had a guy saying "Test" type of thing, and itd do it, so thats only a dozen characters.
But my point was more so nick was aware of it, and could be on the lookout to fix it, shrug. A bug is a bug, whether or not its easy to fix.