I can't reproduce this on Fedora 20, so I think it is an Ubuntu bug. If anyone not on Ubuntu can reproduce this then please add a comment in the bug repository.
https://bugs.r-project.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16077 If not then I'll close it. Martyn On Thu, 2014-11-20 at 10:27 +0100, Larissa Hauer wrote: > Hi, > > regarding earlier versions: I can reproduce this bug with R 3.1.1 on > Ubuntu 14.04, Gnome Terminal. > > I could imagine this is an Ubuntu problem since I've had "ghost mice" > and strange cursor behavior since I switched to 14.04. > > Larissa > > PS: If any Ubuntu user is interested, I was able to fix the problems > (except for the R bug of course) by turning off the second screen as > described here: > > http://askubuntu.com/questions/365798/mouse-arrow-flash-and-ghost-in-ubuntu-13-10 > > On 19.11.2014 23:20, Henrik Bengtsson wrote: > > FYI, it might be useful to check if the bug also appears on R-devel as > > well as on earlier versions of R. That might narrow down whether it > > was introduced in a particular R version or not, which in turn would > > be useful to whoever might try to tackle this problem. It might not > > even be an R problem in the end. > > > > /Henrik > > > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 1:14 PM, Scott Kostyshak <skost...@princeton.edu> > > wrote: > >> On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 9:50 PM, Scott Kostyshak <skost...@princeton.edu> > >> wrote: > >>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Kaiyin Zhong (Victor Chung) > >>> <kindlych...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> I found a strange bug in R recently (version 3.1.2): > >>>> > >>>> As you can see from the screenshots attached, when the cursor passes the > >>>> right edge of the console, instead of start on a new line, it goes back > >>>> to > >>>> the beginning of the same line, and overwrites everything after it. > >>>> > >>>> This happens every time the size of the terminal is changed, for example, > >>>> if you fit the terminal to the right half of the screen, start an R > >>>> session, exec some commands, maximize the terminal, and type a long > >>>> command > >>>> into the session, then you will find the bug reproduced. > >>>> > >>>> I am on Ubuntu 14.04, and I have tested this in konsole, guake and > >>>> gnome-terminal. > >>> > >>> I can reproduce this, also on Ubuntu 14.04, with gnome-terminal and > >>> xterm. If you don't get any response here, please file a bug report at > >>> bugs.r-project.org. > >> > >> For archival purposes, the OP reported the bug here: > >> https://bugs.r-project.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16077 > >> > >> Scott > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Scott Kostyshak > >> Economics PhD Candidate > >> Princeton University > >> > >> ______________________________________________ > >> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > > > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This message and its attachments are strictly confidenti...{{dropped:8}} ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel