Package: mc
Version: 2:4.7.0-pre1-3
Severity: normal
Using mc inside a gnome terminal (v2.28.2), the cursor disappears when
placed over tab characters, with visible-tabs switched on.
This is a known bug, an erstwhile workaround is given in README.Debian:
- To prevent the disappearing cursor over tabs using the visible_tabs feature
in gnome-terminal set this environment variable:
export TERM="gnome-256color"
This is the result of applying that advice (adding export TERM="gnome-256color"
to .bashrc):
$ mc
Unknown terminal: gnome-256color
Check the TERM environment variable.
Also make sure that the terminal is defined in the terminfo database.
Alternatively, set the TERMCAP environment variable to the desired
termcap entry.
... and so mc fails to run with the given workaround. There is no such
gnome-256color terminfo.
A better fix is needed.
Thanks,
Drew
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages mc depends on:
ii libc6 2.10.2-3 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libglib2.0-0 2.22.3-2 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgpm2 1.20.4-3.2 General Purpose Mouse - shared lib
ii libslang2 2.2.2-2 The S-Lang programming library - r
Versions of packages mc recommends:
ii imagemagick 7:6.5.8.3-1 image manipulation programs
Versions of packages mc suggests:
ii arj 3.10.22-8 archiver for .arj files
ii bzip2 1.0.5-3 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii dbview 1.0.4-1 View dBase III files
ii file 5.03-5 Determines file type using "magic"
ii lynx 2.8.8dev.2-1 Text-mode WWW Browser (transitiona
ii mime-support 3.48-1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii odt2txt 0.4-1 simple converter from OpenDocument
ii perl 5.10.1-8 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii unzip 6.0-1 De-archiver for .zip files
ii w3m 0.5.2-2.1 WWW browsable pager with excellent
ii xpdf 3.02-1.4+lenny1 Portable Document Format (PDF) sui
ii zip 3.0-1 Archiver for .zip files
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