Bug 55367

Summary:	screen doesn't behave properly when TERM=kterm
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Ben Anderson <roothorick>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	CJK Team <cjk>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	major
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Ben Anderson 2004-06-27 15:38:19 UTC

When TERM is defined to "kterm" (e.g. aterm compiled with cjk USE flag), screen doesn't know how to handle the terminal, incorrectly guessing the size of the terminal and writing to the terminal in ways that make for confusing and decidedly broken appearances.

Try it:
# USE="cjk" emerge aterm
$ aterm -e screen
and try to use screen as you would normally. Strange things happen, far too many to detect or list.

Comment 1 Ben Anderson 2004-06-27 15:40:24 UTC

Forgot to mention version numbers. Screen 4.0.2, aterm 0.4.2-r9.

Comment 2 Mamoru KOMACHI (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-04-23 07:58:35 UTC

The problem is not in kterm but aterm. kterm has status line
but aterm doesn't, and screen tries to use status line if
supported (by judging from TERM). If this is not what you
desired, set TERM to something else or talk to aterm developer
to change to not set aterm's TERM as kterm.