From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Vladimir Murzin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help,gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: Emacs+Ansi-Term Display Glitches Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 19:45:24 +0300 Message-ID: References: <20111226153048.GA9542@lindy> <430661332-1324954259-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1495100216-@b13.c12.bise7.blackberry> <20120102163321.GD10290@debian.lan> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1325522753 32291 80.91.229.12 (2 Jan 2012 16:45:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 16:45:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, help-gnu-emacs-bounces+murzin.v=gmail.com@gnu.org To: Geoff Ferrari Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 02 17:45:48 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Rhl14-0007CD-Jc for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:45:42 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53959 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rhl13-0001aq-Uc for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Jan 2012 11:45:41 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:53136) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rhl0y-0001aV-53 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Jan 2012 11:45:37 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rhl0w-0000IT-Ir for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Jan 2012 11:45:36 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-lpp01m010-f41.google.com ([209.85.215.41]:59653) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rhl0q-0000HJ-HF; Mon, 02 Jan 2012 11:45:28 -0500 Original-Received: by lagv3 with SMTP id v3so4762454lag.0 for ; Mon, 02 Jan 2012 08:45:26 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=x8MTKD5MIEdNJuAUynsBISWRrI/v3vdW25VgP8fhgQs=; b=d4ccda1ECM5b0qV1BKOpHPRBNxlbdcDoxVPPGGAiiwUFX6FXeWvjSVKDH1AuWqOQ4A +XQTz2rkm623S4uuzGrNhbq/SzDcOkTlh6PIuxSouBk2Fqok/SNhfj9yO+LxJm7akqKa /e2I5nB0XYhxuXNc1rejOeKgfM41ZjpD9OUL8= Original-Received: by 10.152.112.42 with SMTP id in10mr41129031lab.21.1325522724882; Mon, 02 Jan 2012 08:45:24 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.152.113.165 with HTTP; Mon, 2 Jan 2012 08:45:24 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20120102163321.GD10290@debian.lan> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 209.85.215.41 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:83289 gmane.emacs.bugs:55366 Archived-At: Hi Geoff In my case (Gnome2+Metacity ) the following was enough: $gconftool-2 --type boolean --set /apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager false My environment: GNU Emacs 23.3.3 Gnome 2.32.1 On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 8:33 PM, Geoff Ferrari wro= te: > I tried disabling composite manager by adding the following to /etc/X11/x= org.conf > > Section "Extensions" > =A0 =A0Option "Composite" "Disable" > EndSection > > But it had no effect on the display glitches I mentioned. Any other > suggestions? > > Maybe this bug will be solved in Emacs 24... > > Geoffrey > > > On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 02:51:51AM +0000, Vladimir Murzin wrote: >> Hi! >> >> Have you tried disabling composite manager? >> >> I met similar problem several months ago. Turning of composite feature o= f Metacity solved this problem for me. >> Best wishes, Vladimir Murzin >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Geoff Ferrari >> Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+murzin.v=3Dgmail.com@gnu.orgDate: Mon, 26= Dec 2011 15:30:48 >> To: >> Cc: >> Subject: Emacs+Ansi-Term Display Glitches >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm experiencing some display glitches when using ansi-term to access a >> shell under the X11 version of emacs. There seem to be two separate >> glitches, and they're a little hard to describe so I've included a link >> to a video of the problem. >> >> FIRST GLITCH >> >> When I reach a full screen of text under ansi-term (i.e. once I've typed >> in a few commands and the history of these commands fills the screen, so >> that the input line is now at the bottom of the screen), the whole >> screen seems to either flash or jump every time I type a new character. >> >> SECOND GLITCH >> >> After I've either filled the screen using my own commands, or after I've >> used a programme such as top or mutt which takes over the whole screen, >> then the two lines at the top of the screen seem to persist. Running the >> "clear" command does not clear them, but they are cleared if I run the >> "reset" command. >> >> You can see a download a video (7.6MB) of these glitches from: >> http://cloud.geoffreyferrari.com/apps/files_sharing/get.php?token=3Ddb8e= 2a6726e03d1816548e17447a1df626215ac4 >> >> Both of these problems occur on both the latest 64-bit versions of ubunt= u and >> debian wheezy. With the terminal version of emacs I get the second >> problem (lines being left at the top of the screen) but not the first >> (no display jumpiness). >> >> My version of emacs as reported in Ubuntu 11.10 is >> >> "GNU Emacs 23.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.5) >> =A0of 2011-08-14 on allspice, modified by Debian" >> >> I wonder if there's anything I can do to remove these annoying glitches, >> of whether they are a bug that should be reported. >> >> Geoff >> >> >> > > -- > Geoffrey Ferrari > Lecturer in Philosophy > Lady Margaret Hall > > Office: 01865 [2]74381 > Mobile: 07989 851364 > web: geoffreyferrari.com