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Bug#973941: Pasted text looks same as cursor



On Sun, Nov 08, 2020 at 08:55:52AM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
> On 2020-11-08 06:53 +0800, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:
> 
> > Package: xterm
> > Version: 361-1
> > Severity: minor
> >
> > Lately when we paste with SHIFT+INSERT, the pasted text is in reverse
> > video.
> 
> I presume you are using bash which added this feature in version 5.1, in
> zsh it has been available for a few years.

I've not noticed this (only use either of those when testing something).

xterm doesn't color _inserted_ text, but only the _selected_ text.

If the shell is (mis)using bracketed paste to temporarily paint colors
on the screen, there's not much to be done using xterm's resources...

On the other hand, it's possible to turn off bracketed paste:

https://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2020-10/msg00082.html

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