Package: xterm
Version: 222-1
Severity: normal
Hi,
xterm was blinking on start during the period where the package wasn't
sourcing /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm-color due to
/etc/X11/Xresources/x11-common gone missing. During this period of
time, I noticed something which looks like a bug which I can reproduce
easily:
1) comment out in /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm-color:
!*VT100*foreground: gray90
!*VT100*background: black
2) set reverseVideo, e.g. with your .Xdefaults-$hostname:
XTerm.VT100.reverseVideo: true
3) start a program not filling the terminal with data:
xterm -e sleep 100
4) switch workspace
after 3), I get a black xterm window, which honors my settings since I
asked for reversevideo, but after step 4) which probably triggers a
redraw, I get a white xterm window.
This looks like xterm is honoring reverseVideo on startup, but not on
redraws.
When *VT100*foreground and *VT100*background are set in
/etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm-color, I don't see the bug, presumably
because these vars are honored on redraw.
When my terminal was filled with chars at least once, I don't see the
bug anymore, for example if I launch "xterm -e sh", I get the bug, if I
type "clear", I don't get the bug anymore.
Bye,
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
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APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-1-686
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages xterm depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libfontconfig1 2.4.1-2 generic font configuration library
ii libice6 1:1.0.1-2 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libncurses5 5.5-5 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libsm6 1:1.0.1-3 X11 Session Management library
ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-2 X11 client-side library
ii libxaw7 1:1.0.2-4 X11 Athena Widget library
ii libxext6 1:1.0.1-2 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxft2 2.1.8.2-8 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxmu6 1:1.0.2-2 X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii libxt6 1:1.0.2-2 X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii xbitmaps 1.0.1-2 Base X bitmaps
Versions of packages xterm recommends:
ii xutils 1:7.1.ds.3-1 X Window System utility programs
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Loïc Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
