On Tue, Oct 06, 2026 at 03:29:28AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2026-10-05 19:52:44 -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 02, 2026 at 03:04:40PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > > I can also reproduce the issue with the Sawfish window manager.
> > 
> > I tried that (didn't see anything),
> 
> This is strange. I'm wondering whether X requests (as shown by xtrace)
> are different or this is something else.

I narrowed it down to changes in screen.c, where I was fixing a problem
with SL (scroll-left).  It looks as if I didn't account for the window
border width in a comparison.

(I'll probably resolve this in the evening).

> 
> > but with openbox and
> > 
> >     xterm -sh 2 -fa mono -fs 10
> > 
> > and a script to fill the screen, see something to investigate with
> > my Debian/testing.
> 
> OK.
> 
> FYI, one can fill the screen with standard commands, e.g.
> 
>   tr -cd 0-z < /dev/random | head -c 20000
> 
> (or with some other arbitrary big file instead of /dev/random).

actually a predictable pattern makes it easier to see other bugs :-)

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Thomas E. Dickey <[email protected]>
https://invisible-island.net

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