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How can I prevent xterm version 327-2 (on Debian testing) from hiding the character in reverse video mode?
For example, if I run
xterm -geometry 20x2 -e /bin/sh -c "echo -ne '33[0;7mtesting33[0m33[Gfoo'; sleep 999"
, then I get the following bad output (the letter t is hidden by the cursor):
In the bad output above the cursor above the reverse-video letter t is making it invisible. In the good output above the letter t is visible in normal colors (reverse of reverse). How can I make xterm 327-2 give me the good output?
I was trying to set the cursorColor, highlightColor, highlightColorMode, highlightReverse, highlightTextColor resources of xterm to various empty, true and false values. They made a difference, but nothing helped: the letter t never showed up if it was under the cursor in reverse video.
Some other software I tried:
- xterm and rxvt in 1995: good
- xterm 256: good
- xterm 297: good
- xterm 327-2: BAD
- gnome-terminal 2.30.2: good (also the cursor is blinking between normal and reverse video)
- gnome-terminal 3.22.2: good (also the cursor is blinking between normal and reverse video)
- rxvt 2.7.10: good
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How can I prevent xterm version 327-2 (on Debian testing) from hiding the character in reverse video mode?
For example, if I run
xterm -geometry 20x2 -e /bin/sh -c "echo -ne '33[0;7mtesting33[0m33[Gfoo'; sleep 999"
, then I get the following bad output (the letter t is hidden by the cursor):
In the bad output above the cursor above the reverse-video letter t is making it invisible. In the good output above the letter t is visible in normal colors (reverse of reverse). How can I make xterm 327-2 give me the good output?
I was trying to set the cursorColor, highlightColor, highlightColorMode, highlightReverse, highlightTextColor resources of xterm to various empty, true and false values. They made a difference, but nothing helped: the letter t never showed up if it was under the cursor in reverse video.
Some other software I tried:
- xterm and rxvt in 1995: good
- xterm 256: good
- xterm 297: good
- xterm 327-2: BAD
- gnome-terminal 2.30.2: good (also the cursor is blinking between normal and reverse video)
- gnome-terminal 3.22.2: good (also the cursor is blinking between normal and reverse video)
- rxvt 2.7.10: good
debian colors xterm
asked Mar 5 at 14:51
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This has been asked before, at unix.stackexchange.com/questions/332903 .
– JdeBP
Mar 5 at 15:01
Agreed: seems to have been fixed in [xterm #328][(invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log.html#xterm_328), mid-2017. I don't know about 1995.
– Thomas Dickey
Mar 5 at 20:58
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How can I prevent xterm version 327-2 (on Debian testing) from hiding the character in reverse video mode?
For example, if I run
xterm -geometry 20x2 -e /bin/sh -c "echo -ne '33[0;7mtesting33[0m33[Gfoo'; sleep 999"
, then I get the following bad output (the letter t is hidden by the cursor):
In the bad output above the cursor above the reverse-video letter t is making it invisible. In the good output above the letter t is visible in normal colors (reverse of reverse). How can I make xterm 327-2 give me the good output?
I was trying to set the cursorColor, highlightColor, highlightColorMode, highlightReverse, highlightTextColor resources of xterm to various empty, true and false values. They made a difference, but nothing helped: the letter t never showed up if it was under the cursor in reverse video.
Some other software I tried:
- xterm and rxvt in 1995: good
- xterm 256: good
- xterm 297: good
- xterm 327-2: BAD
- gnome-terminal 2.30.2: good (also the cursor is blinking between normal and reverse video)
- gnome-terminal 3.22.2: good (also the cursor is blinking between normal and reverse video)
- rxvt 2.7.10: good
debian colors xterm
asked Mar 5 at 14:51
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How can I prevent xterm version 327-2 (on Debian testing) from hiding the character in reverse video mode?
For example, if I run
xterm -geometry 20x2 -e /bin/sh -c "echo -ne '33[0;7mtesting33[0m33[Gfoo'; sleep 999"
, then I get the following bad output (the letter t is hidden by the cursor):
In the bad output above the cursor above the reverse-video letter t is making it invisible. In the good output above the letter t is visible in normal colors (reverse of reverse). How can I make xterm 327-2 give me the good output?
I was trying to set the cursorColor, highlightColor, highlightColorMode, highlightReverse, highlightTextColor resources of xterm to various empty, true and false values. They made a difference, but nothing helped: the letter t never showed up if it was under the cursor in reverse video.
Some other software I tried:
- xterm and rxvt in 1995: good
- xterm 256: good
- xterm 297: good
- xterm 327-2: BAD
- gnome-terminal 2.30.2: good (also the cursor is blinking between normal and reverse video)
- gnome-terminal 3.22.2: good (also the cursor is blinking between normal and reverse video)
- rxvt 2.7.10: good
debian colors xterm
asked Mar 5 at 14:51
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asked Mar 5 at 14:51
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This has been asked before, at unix.stackexchange.com/questions/332903 .
– JdeBP
Mar 5 at 15:01
Agreed: seems to have been fixed in [xterm #328][(invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log.html#xterm_328), mid-2017. I don't know about 1995.
– Thomas Dickey
Mar 5 at 20:58
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This has been asked before, at unix.stackexchange.com/questions/332903 .
– JdeBP
Mar 5 at 15:01
Agreed: seems to have been fixed in [xterm #328][(invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log.html#xterm_328), mid-2017. I don't know about 1995.
– Thomas Dickey
Mar 5 at 20:58
This has been asked before, at unix.stackexchange.com/questions/332903 .
– JdeBP
Mar 5 at 15:01
This has been asked before, at unix.stackexchange.com/questions/332903 .
– JdeBP
Mar 5 at 15:01
Agreed: seems to have been fixed in [xterm #328][(invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log.html#xterm_328), mid-2017. I don't know about 1995.
– Thomas Dickey
Mar 5 at 20:58
Agreed: seems to have been fixed in [xterm #328][(invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log.html#xterm_328), mid-2017. I don't know about 1995.
– Thomas Dickey
Mar 5 at 20:58
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You might be talking about this item mentioned in the changes for patch #328:
improve fix for Debian #759734, addressing a case where non-colored cursor would be invisible against reverse-video (see patch #311).
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You might be talking about this item mentioned in the changes for patch #328:
improve fix for Debian #759734, addressing a case where non-colored cursor would be invisible against reverse-video (see patch #311).
answered Mar 5 at 21:07
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You might be talking about this item mentioned in the changes for patch #328:
improve fix for Debian #759734, addressing a case where non-colored cursor would be invisible against reverse-video (see patch #311).
answered Mar 5 at 21:07
Thomas Dickey
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You might be talking about this item mentioned in the changes for patch #328:
improve fix for Debian #759734, addressing a case where non-colored cursor would be invisible against reverse-video (see patch #311).
answered Mar 5 at 21:07
Thomas Dickey
49.2k584154
You might be talking about this item mentioned in the changes for patch #328:
improve fix for Debian #759734, addressing a case where non-colored cursor would be invisible against reverse-video (see patch #311).
answered Mar 5 at 21:07
Thomas Dickey
49.2k584154
answered Mar 5 at 21:07
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answered Mar 5 at 21:07
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This has been asked before, at unix.stackexchange.com/questions/332903 .
– JdeBP
Mar 5 at 15:01
Agreed: seems to have been fixed in [xterm #328][(invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log.html#xterm_328), mid-2017. I don't know about 1995.
– Thomas Dickey
Mar 5 at 20:58