Description of problem: adds blank lines to msgbox preventing proper formating. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): dialog-1.0.20040731 How reproducible: every time. Steps to Reproduce: run any msgbox sample; notice the blank line at the top; or... dialog --msgbox "jfkdl;asjasklfjdaskl;fjklads;jdfiqwueriopquwiroeqwfl;jaskf;ljaskldfjasdkf;ajdkl;afjdkasl;fjkdl;asjfkdl;asjfkd;asjkf;jdasklf;jaskl;fjkdlas;jfkl;asdjfkljasdl;fjdakl;fjkdlas" 10 20 ...will cause it; you will notice the text does not start at the top nor does it reach the bottom. Actual results: extra new lines you didn't specify; adding them simply causes 2. Expected results: no extra lines; only the text as put in. Additional info:
Created attachment 105452 [details] suggested patch appears to fix the issue for me; also resolves the extra trailing spaces problems
patch applied in dialog-1.0-20040731-2
thanks, unfortunately I couldn't find the .i386 version so I just grabbed the .src rpm and rebuilt it local (though x86_64, ppc, ppc64, ia64, etc. all appeared to be there). Unfortunately I noticed a bad side effect of my patch :( It now always prints the percent even when the text fits. I'll attach a patch that corrects that in just a bit. Having the percent isn't catostrophic it's just cleaner not to have it where it's not needed. I also noticed --textbox puts ()'s not spaces around the percent as I added, though it's otherwise completely different code.
Created attachment 105465 [details] hides percent when not needed corrects condition where the percert is always displayed even though the text fit
patch applied in dialog-1.0-20040731-3