Bug#522141: xterm 242 sometimes draws spaces without background color
On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 01:52:08AM -0400, Matt Wozniski wrote:
> # Open a vim process with a red background in xterm
> xterm -e 'vim -u NONE -N +"hi Normal ctermbg=red"'
>
> # Insert a line of 50 spaces
> 50i<space><esc>
>
> # Start moving the cursor left
> hhhhhhhhhh
>
> # Notice that most of the screen is red, but the spaces that you've
> # moved over aren't colored and appear black.
>
I can reproduce this. If you hide and show the xterm window, they get
colored red again.
Cheers,
Julien
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