On 2010-10-09 19:29 +0200, Thomas Dickey wrote: > This is an old not-a-bug issue, originally from the emacs users. > Emacs changes the cursor state (and iirc prefers using cvvis, > and doesn't reset it with cnorm).
Some other applications (vim and aptitude for instance, but not dselect) also change the cursor, but to the normal blinking underscore rather than the ugly blinking block cursor I get in Emacs. > It became a noticeable issue with this change in ncurses: > > 990703 pre-release > + modify linux terminfo description to make use of kernel 2.2.x mods > that support cursor style, e.g., to implement cvvis (patch by Frank > Heckenbach <fr...@g-n-u.de>) > > Before that change, emacs found no data for cvvis in the terminal database > (emacs of course uses "ve" from termcap), and did not modify the cursor > state. > > Lacking any information from the reopening of this report, I'll have to > assume it's just emacs again. The Emacs Wiki has some more information on this problem: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/CursorOnLinuxConsole. Cheers, Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
