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25.0.95; display botched badly in xterm window

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 23819 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23819: 25.0.95; display botched badly in xterm window
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2016 23:27:33 +0200

On 06/22/2016 09:00 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Cc:23819 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> >From: Paul Eggert<eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
>> >Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2016 20:55:57 +0200
>> >
>>> > >The "ESC [ > 1;3201;0c" thingy is the response to query by
>>> > >xterm--query, see xterm--version-handler. Is it true that all these
>>> > >problems happen right in the beginning of a session? What happens if
>>> > >you wait at least 2 sec after starting a session, without typing any
>>> > >commands -- do these problems still happen?
>> >
>> >I have observed the problem in later parts of a session. In particular,
>> >after a problem occurs and I type control-L to refresh the screen
>> >completely, I have observed the problem recur in the same Emacs session.
>> >Typically the problem occurs during interactive search, when substrings
>> >are being highlighted in the text and in the minibuffer. Typically I am
>> >searching code, where keywords and suchlike are also highlighted. I
>> >assume all this highlighting is being done in the background.
> When you say "the problem" here, do you mean the "ESC [ > ..."
> response?
No, I meant the problem that the display becomes garbled, typically 
during interactive search.

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