False cursors appear when using GNU Emacs in xfce4-terminal

Bug #238055 reported by Toshio Ito
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xfce4-terminal (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: xfce4-terminal

Version of Ubuntu: Xubuntu 8.04
Version of xfce4-terminal: 0.2.8-4ubuntu1
Version of emacs: 22.1-0ubuntu10.1

When I use emacs in xfce4-terminal by typing "emacs -nw",
sometimes cursors appear where they are not supposed to be.

You can reproduce this bug by following this procedure.

1) Run xfce4-terminal
2) $ emacs -nw -q
3) Type SPACE 7 times, and you can see another cursor appears next to the real cursor.

This behavior is not present when I use xterm, so I think xfce4-terminal is responsible for it.

The problem is more annoying when tab characters are involved.
(It may not be related to this bug, but I think it is)

1) Run xfce4-terminal
2) $ emacs -nw -q
3) Type C-q TAB
4) Type a (or any alphabet you like)
5) Type Backspace 2 times, and you can see an 8-character-wide cursor appears.
6) Type Backspace, and you can still see the wide cursor unchanged,
    so you can't know where the real cursor is from the appearance of the terminal.

I attach my ~/.config/Terminal/terminalrc, part of which is Japanese because I use Japanese language pack.

Does anyone have the same problem, or know a workaround?

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Toshio Ito (debug-ito) wrote :
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Dennis Cardinale (dennis-core-enterprises) wrote :

I can confirm this against the patch I created in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-terminal/+bug/194769.

Changed in xfce4-terminal:
status: New → Confirmed
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John Hammond (jhammond) wrote :
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Toshio Ito (debug-ito) wrote :

Thanks a lot, John!
The workaround did erase the annoying false cursors.

Also I find it useful to show the column number :)

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Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, I am closing it because the bug has been fixed in the latest development version of Ubuntu - Lucid Lynx. It won't be fixed in previous versions of Ubuntu because the package doesn't fit the requirements for backporting. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports for more information.

Changed in xfce4-terminal (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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