Bug 34631

Summary:	konsole backspace problem with ncurses-based irssi
Product:	[Applications] konsole	Reporter:	B Voigt <b.voigt>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Konsole Developer <konsole-devel>
Status:	CLOSED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version:	1.0.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	Other
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description B Voigt 2001-11-07 21:41:09 UTC

(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***)

Package:           konsole
Version:           2.2.1 (using KDE 2.2.1 )
Severity:          normal
Installed from:    Compiled From Sources
Compiler:          Not Specified
OS:                Not Specified
OS/Compiler notes: Not Specified

Hi

trying out some irc clients I finally found irssi which I is a quite fine console program using the ncurses library.

Using the backspace key (correcting typos) causes problems only in irssi it normally works without any problems.

Because I cannot really describe the bug with words I am going to give you an example: I type the text "Hello this is a test message" and then press the backspace key and hold it until it beeps.

Now konsole does not erase all characters there are still some left: "llo th   i     e t  e".

This happens all the time and is quite annoying when you try to correct typos and you don't know which characters are really there and which ones konsole displays although they have been deleted :)

With gnome terminal and rxvt all is fine. I hope these descriptions can help in finding and eliminating the bug. If I can be of any further assistance feel free to mail me.

Greetings
Bastian Voigt

(Submitted via bugs.kde.org)

Comment 1 Stephan Binner 2001-12-21 16:35:40 UTC

Cannot reproduce this with 2.2.2: Do you use anti-aliasing and which font?

Comment 2 Stephan Binner 2002-01-15 20:57:33 UTC

Cannot help you without feedback.

Comment 3 Christian Ratliff 2002-06-18 11:55:54 UTC

RedHat 7.1 (fully patched)
Kernel 2.4.17
XFree86 4.1.0
KDE 3.0
Konsole 1.1

  I too am experiencing this same problem. I am using
an ncurses-based chat client with a separated input
line. In response to sufficient amounts of _any_
position modifying input (erase ^h werase ^w or
arrow keys) the input line display becomes corrupted.
Ordering a display refresh (^l) corrects the problem
and resets the input line but further editing only
makes it worse.
  The client software I am using is tlily-2.3 (
http://www.tlily.org/ ) and I would be glad to get
you started with a test account to replicate this problem.
  This problem does not occur under xterm or
gnome-terminal.

thanks and good luck!
christian