GNU bug report logs - #15444
One character can be lost if colors are enabled

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Reported by: Jaroslav Skarvada <jskarvad <at> redhat.com>

Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 13:35:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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Message #44 received at 15444 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Vincent Lefevre <vincent <at> vinc17.net>, Walter Doekes <walter <at> wjd.nu>,
 456943 <at> bugs.debian.org
Cc: 15444 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15444: One character can be lost if colors are enabled
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 11:47:26 -0600

On 3/25/24 08:49, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> This works fine in Xterm, giving on a 80-column terminal:
> 
> ...
>  
> However, this triggers the bug in GNOME Terminal (and other
> libvte-based terminals):

That's not good. Is there some escape sequence that will work on both 
xterm and libvte? I assume the space+backspace trick you suggested later 
assumes xterm behavior.
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