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Date:      Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:35:37 -0700
From:      Bob Finch <bob@nas.com>
To:        "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net>
Cc:        gnome@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: gnome-terminal 2.18 display problem 
Message-ID:  <17923.4809.277973.32652@moria.nas.com>
In-Reply-To: <20070322220820.CAEA545047@ptavv.es.net>
References:  <17922.61405.119609.527678@moria.nas.com> <20070322220820.CAEA545047@ptavv.es.net>
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>>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> writes:

    >> From: Bob Finch <bob@nas.com>
    >> Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:06:37 -0700
    >> Sender: owner-freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org
    >> 
    >> Since upgrading to 2.18, gnome-terminal has a display problem that
    >> causes problems with vi and other screen oriented applications.
    >> 
    >> To reproduce, vi a file with more lines than the gnome-terminal
    >> window and delete the first line.  The screen appears unchanged except
    >> the next line of the file is displayed on the last line (which would
    >> normally be blank).  Refreshing with ^L fixes the display.
    >> 
    >> Anyone else have this problem?  Before filing a bug with gnome, I
    >> thought I'd see if its my build.
    >> 
    >> TERM is set to xterm and I'm using the standard FreeBSD termcap file.
    >> I upgraded via "portupgrade -a" from gnome 2.16.0.  I've been testing
    >> with a 24 line gnome-terminal window, but it appears to fail with
    >> other window sizes.
    >> 
    >> After deleting the line, vi sends:
    >> 
    >> ESC[H        (move to top)
    >> ESC[23B      (move to last line)
    >> ^J           (scroll up since we're on the last line)
    >> ESC[A        (move up one line)
    >> display next line of file
    >> 
    >> In gnome-terminal 2.18, the ESC[A appears to roll the scroll region
    >> down one line leaving the cursor where it was instead of moving the
    >> cursor up one line.

    Kevin> I am seeing the same issue. This is the second problem I
    Kevin> have had with gnome-terminal in 2.18. (See prior messages
    Kevin> today.) I have no idea whether they are related.

Thanks.  At least the problem isn't with my build.

Looks like the problem is with the vte widget, I see the same problem
running vte.  I'm going to file a gnome bug.

-- Bob

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