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 #80 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: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>,
 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 11:42:38 +0000

>> This is because 'write' deliberatly leaves the bottom-right corner 
>> alone if the terminal has "auto right margin" (autowrap).
>
> But AFAIU, the bug actually shows that we somehow _do_ write there, 
> although the display engine assumes we don't.  Right?
>

Yes, that's what the bug shows.  We do (sometimes) write something there, 
and we shouldn't.  (And if the feature request in bug#57607 is 
implemented, we should write something there, but always.)
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