[Bug 861268] Re: text corruption in terminals (xterm, urxvt) and emacs

2012-11-24 Thread Steve Isaacson
This bug makes using a command-line shell from an xterm window extremely annoying. So annoying that I'm considering switching distributions. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/861268 Title:

[Bug 861268] Re: text corruption in terminals (xterm, urxvt) and emacs

2012-11-24 Thread Steve Isaacson
The attached screen shot shows two views of the same window. The one in the foreground shows the problems. How to duplicate the problem. 1. Click on XTERM on the menu bar to open a new xterm window 2. Hold down the Enter key for 20 lines or so. That's what you see: the prompt disappears and the