[Pkg-mc-devel] Bug#469251: Bug#469251: mcedit: terminal dependent vanishing or chameleon cursor over leading whitespace

Patrick Winnertz winnie at debian.org
Tue Mar 4 12:42:44 UTC 2008


Am Dienstag, 4. März 2008 12:44:39 schrieb Thomas Dickey:
> On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 09:20:09AM +0100, A. Costa wrote:
> > Package: mc
> > Version: 1:4.6.2~pre1-5
> > Severity: normal
> >
> >
> > Start 'mcedit borked_mcedit.txt' (attached) in 'gnome-terminal'.  The
> > cursor is a white square over the letter 'a'.  Press down arrow twice,
> > the cursor vanishes.  Keep pressing down arrow and the cursor
> > reappears over the 'f'.
>
> sounds like yet another gnome-terminal bug
Mh.. yes.
>
> > (Maybe the invisible cursor is some odd 'gnome-terminal' setting
> > on my system, or a bug.  But the color changing occurs in several
> > terminals.)
>
> xterm changes color to help keep the cursor visible...
So what would you suggest? Reassign to gnome-terminal?

Greetings
Winnie


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