From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Bob Proulx Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: C-k messes up display -- have to redraw-display Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2016 16:09:40 -0600 Message-ID: <20160802160651038716747@bob.proulx.com> References: <9d56d493-eaf4-43ab-9fde-246be124f190@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1470175818 29863 195.159.176.226 (2 Aug 2016 22:10:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2016 22:10:18 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: rob.dunne@gmail.com Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 03 00:10:14 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bUht7-0007Jb-QF for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Aug 2016 00:10:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59186 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bUht4-0002F7-Dj for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Aug 2016 18:10:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36418) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bUhsg-0002Dc-0n for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Aug 2016 18:09:46 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bUhsb-0001jr-OJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Aug 2016 18:09:44 -0400 Original-Received: from havoc.proulx.com ([96.88.95.61]:56487) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bUhsb-0001jV-Hf for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Aug 2016 18:09:41 -0400 Original-Received: from joseki.proulx.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by havoc.proulx.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDB66576; Tue, 2 Aug 2016 16:09:40 -0600 (MDT) Original-Received: from hysteria.proulx.com (hysteria.proulx.com [192.168.230.119]) by joseki.proulx.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 613ED2127F; Tue, 2 Aug 2016 16:09:40 -0600 (MDT) Original-Received: by hysteria.proulx.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4DADD2DC5A; Tue, 2 Aug 2016 16:09:40 -0600 (MDT) Mail-Followup-To: rob.dunne@gmail.com, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <9d56d493-eaf4-43ab-9fde-246be124f190@googlegroups.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 96.88.95.61 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:111050 Archived-At: rob.dunne@gmail.com wrote: > When I type C-k, the display is mucked up. The next line in the file > is repeated multiple times. I have to use "M-x redraw-display" to > fix it. I assume you are using a text terminal (rather than a graphics display). What type of terminal are you using? What is $TERM in that terminal? Verifying the correct combination of TERM and terminal should solve this problem. If not then try using a different terminal program from the many available. Bob