control: reassign -1 libvte-2.91-0 control: affects -1 xfce4-terminal On Fri, 2013-08-09 at 14:48 +0100, Paul Evans wrote: > Package: xfce4-terminal > Version: 0.6.2-3 > Severity: normal > > The DECRQM sequence (CSI ? ... $ p) is important for programs to be able > to query the current settings of modes, either to be able to restore > them after exit, or just to see what the settings are or probe for > supported features. > > A real xterm responds to this. xfce4-terminal, while claiming to be an > xterm (by setting TERM=xterm) does not; instead leaving unprocessed CSI > output directly on the screen. I would copy-paste it here but I can't, > because the output contains -literal- Escape bytes and that would upset > vim, and possibly your mail client ;) > > The effect can be observed by > > $ echo -e '\e[?25$p' > > A terminal supporting DECRQM should reply something like: > > ^[[?25;1$y > > (which, since bash/readline don't understand the response, will just be > printed raw into your next prompt line) > > xfce4-terminal however, raw-prints the query bytes, including the > literal U+001B of the leading Escape byte, turning it into the little > square-box pango substitution character. > > (Also it could be argued as a second bug that valid but unrecognised CSI > sequences really ought to be stripped from the stream and not displayed > as raw bytes of text; doubly-so should not be displayed with literal > Escape characters in the terminal text buffer).
Hi, I somehow missed this bug, but terminal processing in xfce4-terminal is done in libvte so I'm reassigning this bug there. I'm also adding the maintainers to recipients so they get the initial mail. Regards, -- Yves-Alexis
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