False cursors appear when using GNU Emacs in xfce4-terminal
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xfce4-terminal (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Low
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Unassigned |
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/
Does anyone have the same problem, or know a workaround?
I can confirm this against the patch I created in https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ xfce4-terminal/ +bug/194769.