KildClient

The channels plugin doesn't scroll down when its associated screen is full. It's certainly a behavior nobody would want, so I have to suppose it's a bug. Maybe something changed with the KCWin plugin that channels doesn't take into account? Anyway, I don't know where to contact the author to have it...

The bug report I mentioned previously was apparently about a different issue. But I have noticed something: the problem starts when the scrollback buffer is full. So for now the workaround I have is to set the number of lines to a high number, and restart KildClient now and then.

Actually, I was wrong, the issue didn't go away, it took longer to manifest itself. After some research, I found it reported on Debian bug report log (that, for some reason, seems to be blacklisted by the forum) under number #772096. It's an issue with GTK+, it would seem. Some workarounds are offer...

Okay, I've got something new. I removed (actually, moved) my .kildclient config directory and started afresh: the problem disappeared. So obviously it's an issue about my configuration.

I'll run some tests now and then to find out where it all comes from.

KildClient has been my favorite (well, only) MUD client for years, in fact from the very beginning of my playing MUDs. I picked it because I'm well-learned in Perl, which makes me feel empowered for handling aliases, macros, triggers, etc. But now I'm frustrated, because the output area goes weird a...