On 2013-02-19 02:31 +0100, Kurt Mielke wrote:
> Package: ncurses-term
> Version: 5.7+20100313-5
> Severity: minor
>
>
> the putty definitions have the 'bce' set. I can't find a way to make putty
> erase with the background color.
It's in the Terminal panel, ‘Use background colour to erase screen’. If
this option is disabled, I can reproduce your problem with putty 0.62 on
GNU/Linux. However, it should be enabled by default, see below.
> Thus when using a program like aptitude, the
> background is missing in some parts of the screen. Removing bce, fixed that
> on my configuration (windows 0.62 version of putty).
>From the putty FAQ[1]:
,----
| A.7.8 When I run full-colour applications, I see areas of black space where
colour
| ought to be, or vice versa.
|
| You almost certainly need to change the ‘Use background colour to erase
screen’
| setting in the Terminal panel. If there is too much black space (the commoner
| situation), you should enable it, while if there is too much colour, you
should
| disable it. (See section 4.3.5.)
|
| In old versions of PuTTY, this was disabled by default, and would not take
effect
| until you reset the terminal (see question A.7.9). Since 0.54, it is enabled
by
| default, and changes take effect immediately.
`----
I can confirm that, and it seems to me your putty is misconfigured.
Cheers,
Sven
1. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/faq.html#faq-bce
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