Bug#872362: mpg123 disables cursor unconditionally on ttys

Am Thu, 17 Aug 2017 09:17:01 +0200 schrieb Thomas Orgis : > I am not able to work on this for about two weeks ... but will, I made a change to mpg123 trunk now that a) adds --no-visual option to diasable the behaviour and b) disables it anyway when TERM=dumb. The

Bug#872362: mpg123 disables cursor unconditionally on ttys

(mpg123 upstream here) Yes, the terminal support in mpg123 is rather basic. It does not consult any caps database, just hopes that the simple controls it issued are universally understood, which obviously works against your desire regarding the cursor. The reason for switching cursor display

Bug#872362: mpg123 disables cursor unconditionally on ttys

Package: mpg123 Version: 1.23.8-1+b1 Severity: wishlist After upgrading to the version in Stretch, mpg123(1) appears to make the terminal cursor invisible by issuing a ‘civis’ (as in: $ tput civis) control sequence to a tty, which goes against my preferences.