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31.0.50; Wrong char insertion in rxvt

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Message #176 received at 78474 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault <at> gnu.org>
Cc: bzg <at> gnu.org, Sebastien.Hinderer <at> inria.fr, rpluim <at> gmail.com,
 78474 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#78474: 31.0.50; Wrong char insertion in rxvt
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2025 15:05:27 +0300

> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 18:03:19 +0200
> From: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: Seb Hinderer <Sebastien.Hinderer <at> inria.fr>, rpluim <at> gmail.com,
> 	bzg <at> gnu.org, 78474 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Eli Zaretskii, le lun. 21 juil. 2025 18:54:45 +0300, a ecrit:
> > > > How come?  Screen readers should announce themselves quite prominently
> > > > to any system,
> > > 
> > > Can you elaborate why you are thingking so?
> > 
> > Because catching screen output is not an easy feat on modern
> > platforms.
> 
> It is. Cat /dev/vcs, and you have it.

When I do that on a GNU/Linux system to which I have access, I get:

   $ cat /dev/vcs
   cat: /dev/vcs: Permission denied

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