"Alexander V. Lukyanov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello, bug-coreutils!
>
> There is a problem with color ls when a background color is used and the line
> wraps. It leads to complete new line erased with the background on "bce"
> terminals.
> (One may argue that rxvt behaves differently, but there are many other bce
> terminals)
>
> One fix is to clear to end-of-line after turning off the color. Here is a
> patch
> that does it.
>
> --- ls.c.1 2008-10-14 12:24:39.605050000 +0400
> +++ ls.c 2008-10-14 12:25:48.985396400 +0400
> @@ -538,7 +538,7 @@
> {
> { LEN_STR_PAIR ("\033[") }, /* lc: Left of color sequence */
> { LEN_STR_PAIR ("m") }, /* rc: Right of color sequence */
> - { 0, NULL }, /* ec: End color (replaces lc+no+rc) */
> + { LEN_STR_PAIR ("\033[m\033[K") }, /* ec: End color (replaces
> lc+no+rc) */
> { LEN_STR_PAIR ("0") }, /* rs: Reset to ordinary colors */
> { 0, NULL }, /* no: Normal */
> { 0, NULL }, /* fi: File: default */
Thanks for the report.
Can you list a few terminal emulators that are affected?
The more the better.
Also, please tell precisely how to demonstrate the problem.
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