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+/* gleaned from a web-search, shows a bug combining scanw and implicit scroll.
+ * Date:  1997/03/17
+ * From:  bayern@morpheus.cis.yale.edu
+ *
+ * $Id: testscanw.c,v 1.11 2006/04/01 19:08:03 tom Exp $
+ */
+#include <test.priv.h>
+
+int
+main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    long badanswer = 1;
+    long *response = &badanswer;
+
+    setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
+
+    initscr();
+    scrollok(stdscr, TRUE);
+    idlok(stdscr, TRUE);
+    echo();
+
+#if 0
+    trace(TRACE_UPDATE | TRACE_CALLS);
+#endif
+    while (argc > 1) {
+	if (isdigit(UChar(*argv[1])))
+	    move(atoi(argv[1]), 0);
+	else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "-k"))
+	    keypad(stdscr, TRUE);
+	argc--, argv++;
+    }
+
+    while (badanswer) {
+	printw("Enter a number (0 to quit):\n");
+	printw("--> ");
+	scanw("%20ld", response);	/* yes, it's a pointer */
+    }
+    endwin();
+    ExitProgram(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+}