gnome-terminal 2.18 display problem

[Bob Finch]

>>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin Oberman <oberman at es.net> writes:

    >> From: Bob Finch <bob at nas.com>
    >> Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:06:37 -0700
    >> Sender: owner-freebsd-gnome at freebsd.org
    >> 
    >> Since upgrading to 2.18, gnome-terminal has a display problem that
    >> causes problems with vi and other screen oriented applications.
    >> 
    >> To reproduce, vi a file with more lines than the gnome-terminal
    >> window and delete the first line.  The screen appears unchanged except
    >> the next line of the file is displayed on the last line (which would
    >> normally be blank).  Refreshing with ^L fixes the display.
    >> 
    >> Anyone else have this problem?  Before filing a bug with gnome, I
    >> thought I'd see if its my build.
    >> 
    >> TERM is set to xterm and I'm using the standard FreeBSD termcap file.
    >> I upgraded via "portupgrade -a" from gnome 2.16.0.  I've been testing
    >> with a 24 line gnome-terminal window, but it appears to fail with
    >> other window sizes.
    >> 
    >> After deleting the line, vi sends:
    >> 
    >> ESC[H        (move to top)
    >> ESC[23B      (move to last line)
    >> ^J           (scroll up since we're on the last line)
    >> ESC[A        (move up one line)
    >> display next line of file
    >> 
    >> In gnome-terminal 2.18, the ESC[A appears to roll the scroll region
    >> down one line leaving the cursor where it was instead of moving the
    >> cursor up one line.

    Kevin> I am seeing the same issue. This is the second problem I
    Kevin> have had with gnome-terminal in 2.18. (See prior messages
    Kevin> today.) I have no idea whether they are related.

Thanks.  At least the problem isn't with my build.

Looks like the problem is with the vte widget, I see the same problem
running vte.  I'm going to file a gnome bug.

-- Bob