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31.0.50; Wrong char insertion in rxvt

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From: Manuel Giraud <manuel <at> ledu-giraud.fr>
To: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault <at> gnu.org>
Cc: bzg <at> gnu.org, Sebastien.Hinderer <at> inria.fr, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, rpluim <at> gmail.com, 78474 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#78474: 31.0.50; Wrong char insertion in rxvt
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2025 13:10:11 +0200

Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Hello,
>
> Manuel Giraud, le dim. 03 août 2025 14:03:51 +0200, a ecrit:
>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
>> 
>> >> 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: Sun, 03 Aug 2025 11:17:18 +0200
>> >> 
>> >> > I see no reason to make this a user option.  It should be a simple
>> >> > variable.
>> >> 
>> >> I have used the DEFVAR_BOOL macro but no defcustom: does that make it a
>> >> "simple variable"?
>> >
>> > Yes.  To make such a variable a defcustom, you need to add it to
>> > cus-start.el.
>> >
>> >> Sorry for my lack of understanding of Emacs internals here.
>> >
>> > No need to feel sorry, no one is borne with this knowledge.
>> 
>> Thanks.  Here is the new version of the patch that, I think, addresses
>> all the left issues.
>
> Thanks. I confirm that the patch fixes the behavior, and that adding
>
> (setq tty-cursor-movement-use-TAB-BS 1)
>
> to my .emacs re-breaks the behavior.

Thanks for testing.  Maybe if everything is ok, this could go in then.
-- 
Manuel Giraud

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