vte does not support xterm's REP (repeat characters)
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vte2.91 (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
This only affects xenial (libvte2.
Steps to reproduce: (e.g.) use gnome-terminal on xenial to login to
a remote machine via SSH. The remote is an up-to-date server with ncurses6.
The bug is seen on a variety of programs using ncurses, due to VTE not being
100% xterm compatible.
Here's the bug report: https:/
As seen in the bug report above, a patch has been backported up to v.0.46
Xenial's using 0.42 an is therefore affected.
Here's the 'original' patch: https:/
And attached is a patch that applies to 0.42
Notice, that src/vteseq-n.cc needs to be re-generated.
Build- & run-tested on 16.04.6, this resolves the ncurses/
| P. Wassi (pwassi) wrote | #1 |
| Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote | #2 |
| tags: | added: patch |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in vte2.91 (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
The attachment "vte0.42_
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