On 2026-04-19 09:29:07 -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote: > On Sun, Apr 19, 2026 at 03:18:28AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: [...] > > But note that the <Down> key makes Mutt display a different mail > > message. It happens that there are common lines, but this is just a > > coincidence. So it is quite strange that this is seen as a scroll. > > This may be an issue coming from ncurses. > > no -- ncurses can't tell if xterm (or any other terminal) has a selection > highlighted.
Sure, but I don't see why there is a scrolling involved and why, when going to the next or previous Mutt message, the effect on the selection is inconsistent. > keep in mind that (although one can construct examples by knowing the area > to investigate), this is the first report in about 20 years. Probably because the issue is quite rare. In general, the selection disappears as expected, even when the text does not change (e.g. with 2 identical messages in Mutt). -- Vincent Lefèvre <[email protected]> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Pascaline project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
