Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756185AbYJMHkf (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:40:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754540AbYJMHk2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:40:28 -0400 Received: from sovereign.computergmbh.de ([85.214.69.204]:45699 "EHLO sovereign.computergmbh.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754533AbYJMHk1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:40:27 -0400 Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:40:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Jan Engelhardt To: "Alexander V. Lukyanov" cc: Linux kernel mailing list , Ncurses Developers Subject: Re: linux 2.6.26 vt back_color_erase In-Reply-To: <20081013052437.GA27761@night.netis.ru> Message-ID: References: <20081003081147.GA16414@night.netis.ru> <20081010164953.GA27092@night.netis.ru> <20081013052437.GA27761@night.netis.ru> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (LNX 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1320 Lines: 31 On Monday 2008-10-13 01:24, Alexander V. Lukyanov wrote: >On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 01:22:08PM -0400, Jan Engelhardt wrote: >> >> Current linux kernel has broken bce semantics. Now insert_line and >> >> delete_line clear the new lines with default color and not with the >> >> current background as they should, and what is expected by ncurses. >> >> I beg to differ. The Linux VT now does exactly what an xterm does, > >I have just tested again: my xterm does erase new lines with current color, >just as linux console before the change. My xterm version: XTerm(196). >Please test yours and check the version. It seems that xterm-235 does indeed erase-with-current on _scrolling_ (i.e. PS1='$'; echo -en "\e[25B\e[44mfoo\n\e[0m") as do urxvt. >Probably color ls -l is just broken and should be fixed. Why was it >necessary to change the console color semantics that was there for years? Because the Linux VT also did erase-with-current on _linewrap_, which xterm and urxvt certainly do not do. Mh, this is really unfortunate; I agree something needs to be backed out. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/