GNU bug report logs - #78474
31.0.50; Wrong char insertion in rxvt

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Message #230 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 16:39:33 +0300

> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2025 14:16:02 +0200
> From: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: Sebastien.Hinderer <at> inria.fr, rpluim <at> gmail.com, bzg <at> gnu.org,
> 	78474 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> And you are proposing to probe for the existence of a process to decide
> the emacs behavior. There has been already half a dozen graphical
> screen readers, some of which have even changed name. How can that be
> considered a solution when we are talking about just adding one byte...

I suggested that as an idea.  I don't know if it is practical or not,
but I wanted to leave no rock unturned.  (Recognizing half a dozen
names of programs doesn't sound terrible to me, if it will give us
what we want: the ability to disable \t\b when it could matter, and
not in other cases.)

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