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31.0.50; Wrong char insertion in rxvt

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Message #308 received at 78474 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: bzg <at> gnu.org, Seb Hinderer <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 20:15:51 +0200

Eli Zaretskii, le mar. 22 juil. 2025 17:26:06 +0300, a ecrit:
> > Eli Zaretskii (2025/07/22 16:18 +0300):
> > > What we need is to implement a prototype of the change to disable the
> > > above, and then time it on a large enough buffer.
> > 
> > Assuming the time actually does depend on the buffer's size, whihc I am
> > very not convinced about.
> 
> The buffer size is a means to get a good average measure of the speed.

But it also makes saving one byte even less a bonus... I tried to write
100 right-left movements (\t\b\b vs \e[C\b) at a time, the \t\b trick
takes ~30s while the standard \e[C takes ~5s.

Samuel

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