https://bugs.gentoo.org/930113
--- a/classes/unix/unixscr.cc	2026-04-10 19:20:16.696979830 -0000
+++ b/classes/unix/unixscr.cc	2026-04-10 19:19:38.871760425 -0000
@@ -299,7 +299,8 @@
     }
 
   /* Configure curses */
-  stdscr->_flags |= _ISPAD;
+  WINDOW *pad;
+  pad = newpad(getmaxy(stdscr), getmaxx(stdscr));
   // Make curses interpret the escape sequences
   keypad(stdscr,TRUE);
   // SET: remove the buffering and pass the values directly to us. The man
@@ -749,7 +750,7 @@
      #endif
      // SET: Enhanced the cleanup
      // 1) Undo this nasty trick or curses will fail to do the rest:
-     stdscr->_flags &= ~_ISPAD;
+     //stdscr->_flags &= ~_ISPAD;
      // 2) Now reset the attributes, there is no "default color", is an atribute
      // I know the name of only some attributes: 0=normal (what we need),
      // 1=bold, 4=underline, 5=blink, 7=inverse and I think they are 9: