Re: ["Jeff Sheinberg" <jeff@bsrd.net>] re: emacs doesn't restore one's non X windows prompt

[Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>]

On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 02:41:24PM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> Fellas, he has a fix.
> If this is a terminfo description bug too, then somebody please report it.

> Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 17:49:09 -0500
> From: "Jeff Sheinberg" <jeff@bsrd.net>
> Subject: re: emacs doesn't restore one's non X windows prompt
> To: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@dman.ddts.net>
> X-Mailer: VM 7.07 under Emacs 21.2.1
>  X-Return-Path: jeff@bsrd.net
> 
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> I have a fix for this problem,
> 
>     Gentlemen, in good old tty mode, outside of X windows,
>     I have in .bashrc
>     if test $DISPLAY$EMACS; then :; else
>         #VGA-softcursor.txt says to get red non-blinking block prompt
>         echo -e '\033[?17;0;64c'
>     fi
> 
> One must create an edited terminfo entry, so run the attached
> Makefile from your ~/.terminfo directory,
> 

I'd say it isn't a terminfo bug.  If you want cnorm etc. to restore a
modified cursor, then you have to modify them; that's all there is to
it.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer