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

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Akib Azmain Turja <akib <at> disroot.org>

Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2022 10:37:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.0.50

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Message #113 received at 57728 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 57728 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, gregory <at> heytings.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 14:29:37 +0200

Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de> writes:

> On Sep 12 2022, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
>> But AFAIU, the bug actually shows that we somehow _do_ write there,
>> although the display engine assumes we don't.  Right?
>
> I think it is the other way round.  The display engine doesn't know that
> sometimes the last character isn't written, and thus does not bother to
> redraw it if the bottom line is scrolled up.

Yes, something like that.
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