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[Thomas Dickey <dickey@xxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 24 Apr 2010, Akkana Peck wrote:

> Public bug reported:
>
> Binary package hint: xterm
>
> Since upgrading from karmic to lucid, I'm having the following problems
> with xterm:
>
> 1. Handling of window size isn't passed to remote machines via telnet.
> If I telnet to another machine inside our firewall (yes, I know telnet
> isn't secure for outside connections), I can't use vim on the remote
> machine. The terminal size isn't passed correctly, long lines don't wrap
> properly, and window size changes don't get passed through to vim or
> other programs such as more. ssh does seem to pass most of this info
> correctly.

man xterm, see "allowWindowOps" resource.  Debian changed the default for 
this resource setting.

> 2. The cursor color resource no longer works: cursor is still black even with
> XTerm*cursorColor: red

fixed in xterm #257

> If I copy the xterm version from karmic, XTerm(243), and run it, both of
> these problems go away.

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ssh regressions in lucid: cursor color, window size info
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/569565
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