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

Previous Next

Full log

Message #284 received at 78474 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Seb Hinderer <Sebastien.Hinderer <at> inria.fr>
Cc: bzg <at> gnu.org, 78474 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rpluim <at> gmail.com,
 samuel.thibault <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#78474: 31.0.50; Wrong char insertion in rxvt
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2025 19:59:50 +0300

> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2025 18:05:14 +0200
> From: Seb Hinderer <Sebastien.Hinderer <at> inria.fr>
> Cc: samuel.thibault <at> gnu.org, bzg <at> gnu.org, 78474 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
> 	rpluim <at> gmail.com
> 
> Eli Zaretskii (2025/07/22 18:47 +0300):
> > Btw, let me make sure I understand correctly: is screen-reading
> > software affected by this only on those two kinds of terminals (rxvt
> > and vte), where \t\b produces wrong output?
> 
> I am not completely sure and would rather let Samuel complete here. What
> I know isthat libvte is used for several terminals so I expect all of
> them to  be affected.

We can still know the names of those terminals, even if they are more
than 2.

> > If only those two terminals are affected, both in the effect of the
> > cursor motion and what that does to screen readers, then we could
> > disable the \t\b sequence only for those two terminals.  Emacs can
> > look at the name of the terminal to decide what to do.
> 
> Would that be ssh-proof?

You need to set TERM in the ssh session.

> And what about running screen or tmux in such a terminal?

Again, TERM should be set.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.