Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!vixie!paul
From: paul@vixie.UUCP (Paul Vixie Esq)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: xterm copy buffer feature
Message-ID: <871@vixie.UUCP>
Date: 23 Apr 88 07:57:34 GMT
References: <8804212223.AA11069@s3snorkel> <880422090519.6.RWS@KILLINGTON.LCS.MIT.EDU>
Reply-To: paul@vixie.UUCP (Paul Vixie Esq)
Organization: Vixie Enterprises, San Francisco
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# From: warner%s3snorkel@scubed.arpa (Ken Warner)
#
# When using the copy buffers in an xterm window, if I select--with the left 
# button--some text paste it into another window, I get an interesting
# staircase effect.

I saw this happen to a guy who pasted into an xterm running vi with line
numbers.  It doesn't exactly click for me why line numbers in the destination
would be a problem ... perhaps there were line numbers in the source as well.
Sorry this is nonspecific -- it's late.  If you have line numbers showing,
turn them off and see if your staircase disappears.

On a different subject, I'd like to comment on:

# RWS@ZERMATT.LCS.MIT.EDU (Robert Scheifler) writes:
#
# I cannot reproduce this, either on a Sun or an Apollo xterm/vi combination,
# using the text you indicated.

The folks of MIT Athena are trying to tell us all something by this response.
They included a very well-considered bug report form in the distribution, and
they have mentioned in each and every release note that it exists and should
be used for submitting bugs.  If we would all submit bug reports in that
format, telling the Athena folks what computer/os/Xrelease/patches we are
trying to use, explaining the exact steps which will reproduce the bug,
then they will have a much better chance of finding and fixing your problem.

If you submit a message to the list/group saying "my screen is blank, can
you help me?" then the Athenites are likely to look at their own screens,
see that they are not blank, and reply that they cannot duplicate your
problem.  This is reasonable.

Bugs reported to the xbugs address are slow movers, we've all noticed.  This
is probably because things that get submitted there are complete enough and
point out problems real enough to take a lot of time to handle.  We'd all like
X releases to come banging out quickly, fixing all of our pet bugs -- and no
doubt the Athenites would like this too.  I can't see a better way to do this
than to submit bug reports in the form they've suggested.
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