GNU bug report logs - #57728
29.0.50; Emacs writes wrong glyph at the bottom-right corner of text terminals

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Message #107 received at 57728 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 57728 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, akib <at> disroot.org
Subject: Re: bug#57728: 29.0.50; Emacs writes wrong glyph at the bottom-right
 corner of text terminals
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2022 12:22:59 +0000

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>> Because Emacs should never write on the last character at the bottom 
>> right.
>
> That's immaterial: the user doesn't care what are Emacs's problems. The 
> user expects to see a continuation glyph at the end of every continued 
> line.  How does Emacs accomplish that is our problem.
>

In that case, Emacs should _always_ write on the last character at the 
bottom right (which is what the feature request in bug#57607 asks).  Not 
just in some more or less random situations.  Here's a screenshot with 
modus-vivendi, on which you see the white character at the bottom right.

[terminal.png (image/png, attachment)]

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