On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 09:38:15 -0500 Thomas Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > Start 'mcedit borked_mcedit.txt' (attached) in
> > > > 'gnome-terminal'. The cursor is a white square over the letter
> > > > 'a'. Press down arrow twice, the cursor vanishes. Keep
> > > > pressing down arrow and the cursor reappears over the 'f'.
> ...
> > > xterm changes color to help keep the cursor visible...
> > So what would you suggest? Reassign to gnome-terminal?
>
> yes
The 'xterm' color changing behavior is annoying -- I don't expect the
cursor to change color (or shape) unless to indicate a mode change,
(e.g. insert/overwrite). And light blue over blue is less visible than
white or black on blue; the cursor blends in with the background like a
chameleon. See attached before/after '.png' snapshots.
Rather than reassigning, I'd suggest 'cloning' the bug to
'gnome-terminal'. The cloned bugs might be retitled:
mcedit: terminal dependent chameleon cursor over leading whitespace
gnome-terminal: vanishing cursor over leading whitespace in 'mcedit'
HTH...
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