GNU bug report logs - #7512
24.0.50; emacs -Q -nw -eval '(view-lossage)' shows phantom chars under xterm

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: jidanni <at> jidanni.org

Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 23:06:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 7512 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, jidanni <at> jidanni.org,
	rfrancoise <at> debian.org, 7512 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7512: 24.0.50;
	emacs -Q -nw -eval '(view-lossage)' shows phantom chars under xterm
Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2011 22:04:04 -0400

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> See xterm.el:terminal-init-xterm, search for send-string-to-terminal.
> In a nutshell, we send special commands to the terminal to find out
> about its capabilities.

And it's scarcely worth it to try to remove these characters from
lossage, so feel free to close this bug.
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