Package: xterm
Version: 407-1
Severity: normal
After selecting text and the text changes, there some inverted
background remains from the selection.
For instance:
1. Open the attached select-display.mbox file with
mutt -F /dev/null -R -f select-display.mbox
2. Type <Return> to read message 1.
3. Select the whole body of the message (see attached s1.png file).
4. Type <Down> to read message 2.
As seen on the attached s2.png file, some inverted background remains
from the selection.
GNOME Terminal and rxvt do not have such an issue (the whole selection
is cleared).
-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
APT prefers unstable-debug
APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500,
'stable-security'), (500, 'stable-debug'), (500, 'proposed-updates-debug'),
(500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.7.12-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_WARN
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages xterm depends on:
ii libc6 2.42-13
ii libfontconfig1 2.17.1-5
ii libfreetype6 2.14.1+dfsg-2
ii libice6 2:1.1.1-1
ii libtinfo6 6.6+20251231-1
ii libutempter0 1.2.1-4
ii libx11-6 2:1.8.12-1
ii libxaw7 2:1.0.16-1
ii libxext6 2:1.3.4-1+b3
ii libxft2 2.3.6-1+b4
ii libxinerama1 2:1.1.4-3+b4
ii libxmu6 2:1.1.3-4
ii libxpm4 1:3.5.17-1+b3
ii libxt6t64 1:1.2.1-1.3+b1
ii xbitmaps 1.1.1-2.2
Versions of packages xterm recommends:
ii luit [luit] 2.0.20250912-1
ii x11-utils 7.7+7
Versions of packages xterm suggests:
pn xfonts-cyrillic <none>
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