From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Kangas Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#10372: Emacs+Ansi-Term Display Glitches Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2020 02:24:35 -0800 Message-ID: References: <20111226153048.GA9542@lindy> <430661332-1324954259-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1495100216-@b13.c12.bise7.blackberry> <20120102163321.GD10290@debian.lan> <20120102165555.GA15697@debian.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="19917"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: "Vladimir Murzin " <10372@debbugs.gnu.org> To: Geoff Ferrari Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 25 11:25:27 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1khrzL-00052x-44 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 25 Nov 2020 11:25:27 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40762 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1khrzK-0000DW-5q for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 25 Nov 2020 05:25:26 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:45500) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1khryw-0008RG-Vp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Nov 2020 05:25:02 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:51188) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1khryw-00019g-On for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Nov 2020 05:25:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1khryw-0005p2-J3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Nov 2020 05:25:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Kangas Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2020 10:25:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 10372 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 10372-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B10372.160629988422324 (code B ref 10372); Wed, 25 Nov 2020 10:25:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10372) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Nov 2020 10:24:44 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34494 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1khryd-0005o0-PW for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 25 Nov 2020 05:24:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-ej1-f48.google.com ([209.85.218.48]:35126) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1khryc-0005ni-Cs for 10372@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 25 Nov 2020 05:24:42 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-ej1-f48.google.com with SMTP id f23so2282052ejk.2 for <10372@debbugs.gnu.org>; Wed, 25 Nov 2020 02:24:42 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:in-reply-to:references:user-agent :mime-version:date:message-id:subject:to:cc :content-transfer-encoding; bh=qr3u3zbP7lzMqnO4sTjMfUPs5o0suPwFeJmSx8bZnxA=; b=j3HRSrAOwJGaS69TH1z1ixLbzLqZVKt4qYjrwmaaPX2hT1eqJbwuLKaTTaFZKV94va mOYCxwBu59DwBLd/NKJs4J7en1q6b62PaJdntMgHGEY4fRs/KpqqUizzbvAK294M3xci OnvkqO9kLRni0Nsa/PGInwsjykyTnYvItKRyQvAMC52cxRDwGxVNdzLxTgai/PYGuZPF J75NwjkA2g2YuFxTHODkqdjJk1QPyhbb1BUAn6Qva2Lt7WQCnPnHvLtUcuTeMFWVJVWR NZDrw0VXr5FXpAVVqhsbgD2wNT3O6uVbMqe8rvXcegMjdbAiaSqeh2dsuaIUuDIQ3fKN rnQw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530ioWg5o8BQA+/6QaRPz6V7kpGnXcvPpGe/RJlepPRPTilku010 4jzg184km4AKMfYPhsQXpc9zVgZz2FkXED4oc4Y= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwOyzX5pEgChqtpdtlEDf11IvyPZCNLI4Ji8GVW0yn0zxSyHGbp2DrQGyOSOGWeL3I8QHDC4DmcLZwOMwn8yOg= X-Received: by 2002:a17:906:1918:: with SMTP id a24mr2481899eje.432.1606299876532; Wed, 25 Nov 2020 02:24:36 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from 753933720722 named unknown by gmailapi.google.com with HTTPREST; Wed, 25 Nov 2020 02:24:35 -0800 In-Reply-To: <20120102165555.GA15697@debian.lan> (Geoff Ferrari's message of "Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:55:55 +0000") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:194185 Archived-At: Hi, Geoff Ferrari writes: > Hi Vladimir, > > Sincere thanks for your suggestions. I checked and the configuration valu= e on my > machine for /apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager was already set > to false. Changing to true didn't help either. > > Incidentally, my usual window manager is stumpwm and I get the display > glitches there, too, so it might not be a problem with metacity in > particular. > > One thing that helps the first glitch (the jumpiness when one has a full > screen of output) is switching from char-mode to line-mode. There's > still some jumpiness, but it seems reduced. This bug was reported almost 9 years ago now. Just to follow-up: is this still an issue on modern versions of Emacs, such as the recently released version 27.1? Thanks in advance. > On Mon, Jan 02, 2012 at 07:45:24PM +0300, Vladimir Murzin wrote: >> 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 = wrote: >> > I tried disabling composite manager by adding the following to /etc/X1= 1/xorg.conf >> > >> > Section "Extensions" >> > =C2=A0 =C2=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 featur= e of 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 li= nk >> >> to a video of the problem. >> >> >> >> FIRST GLITCH >> >> >> >> When I reach a full screen of text under ansi-term (i.e. once I've ty= ped >> >> 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 characte= r. >> >> >> >> 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 scree= n, >> >> 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 th= e >> >> "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=3Dd= b8e2a6726e03d1816548e17447a1df626215ac4 >> >> >> >> Both of these problems occur on both the latest 64-bit versions of ub= untu 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) >> >> =C2=A0of 2011-08-14 on allspice, modified by Debian" >> >> >> >> I wonder if there's anything I can do to remove these annoying glitch= es, >> >> 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