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From: jepeway@alphard.cs.utk.edu (Chris Jepeway)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Cursor droppings with X11R3 on the Sun 386i
Summary: Same problem for a Sun 3/60 running SunOS 3.5
Keywords: xterm bug, text cursor dribble
Message-ID: <640@utkcs2.cs.utk.edu>
Date: 13 Nov 88 01:14:06 GMT
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Reply-To: jepeway@utkcs2.cs.utk.edu (Chris Jepeway)
Organization: CS Dept -- University of TN, Knoxville
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In article <3390@nicmad.UUCP> lalonde@nicmad.UUCP (John Lalonde) writes:
>I have built the vanilla X11R3 distribution for a Sun 386i (SunOS 4.0.0)
>and have noticed a problem with xterm's cursor. When the mouse is moved (out
>and then back in) of an xterm's window, the cursor will be repositioned
>(slightly) and as a result leave an edge of the cursor on the line if a
>carriage return is entered.

I've seen the same problem: moving the mouse out of
an xterm window sometimes leaves the hollowed inactive text cursor
slightly to the right of where the filled-in cursor appears when
you move the mouse back into the window.  Thence dribble.  
For what it's worth, the only time I can get this to happen is in rn.

>John LaLonde
>Systems Engineering Group
>Nicolet Instrument Corporation
>uucp: {ucbvax,rutgers,harvard}!uwvax!astroatc!nicmad!lalonde

Chris Jepeway
UTK CS Dept