Subject: bug#78474: 31.0.50; Wrong char insertion in rxvt

From: Samuel Thibault <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 18 May 2025 10:30:01 +0200

Eli Zaretskii, le dim. 18 mai 2025 11:05:49 +0300, a ecrit:
> > Eli Zaretskii, le dim. 18 mai 2025 08:13:58 +0300, a ecrit:
> > > > Quoting Samuel: "Emacs, instead of sending a rightward cursor movement
> > > > (\e[C), sends \009\008 (a tabulation and a leftward cursor movement)"
> > > 
> > > If Sébastien or Samuel (or someone else) can help us understand how to
> > > modify the cost calculations and/or what optimizations of cursor
> > > motion to avoid when these technologies for the visually impaired are
> > > used, we could see how to fix this.
> > 
> > That is exactly what is written above.
> 
> Sorry, I don't understand: what is written above?

?

"Emacs, instead of sending a rightward cursor movement
(\e[C), sends \009\008 (a tabulation and a leftward cursor movement)"

that is the optimization that disturbs some terminals such as rxvt or
vte.

Samuel