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31.0.50; Wrong char insertion in rxvt

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Manuel Giraud <manuel <at> ledu-giraud.fr>
Cc: bzg <at> gnu.org, Sebastien.Hinderer <at> inria.fr, rpluim <at> gmail.com, samuel.thibault <at> gnu.org, 78474 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#78474: 31.0.50; Wrong char insertion in rxvt
Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2025 22:22:30 +0300

> From: Manuel Giraud <manuel <at> ledu-giraud.fr>
> Cc: rpluim <at> gmail.com,  samuel.thibault <at> gnu.org,  bzg <at> gnu.org,
>   Sebastien.Hinderer <at> inria.fr,  78474 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2025 19:37:42 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > I also think lisp/term/rxvt.el should force this variable to avoid
> > TAB+BS, since rxvt is known to produce buggy behavior with that
> > combination.
> 
> If tty-cursor-movement-use-TAB-BS is nil by default I think we're good,
> no?

My point is that IMO rxvt should force it to nil even if the user
customized the value to non-nil (e.g., in their init file).

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