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

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From: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
To: cyd <at> stupidchicken.com
Cc: eliz <at> gnu.org, rfrancoise <at> debian.org, larsi <at> gnus.org, 7512 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7512: 24.0.50; emacs -Q -nw -eval '(view-lossage)' shows phantom chars under xterm
Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2011 10:45:21 +0800

>>>>> "CY" == Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com> writes:
CY> 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.

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

But maybe also p u t  s o m e  t i n y  h i n t  i n t o that buffer so
folks know what is going on. 

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