Re: Display problems in M-x term

[Michael Heerdegen]

> Does it help to modify the entry for that character in
> char-width-table so that the value is 2 instead of 1?

I tried

  (aset char-width-table 9618 2)

with no visible effect in emacs -Q.  Do I need to eval more than this?


> >   - If the user option `scroll-margin' has a value greater than 0,
> >     then the terminal window gets scrolled if the cursor is near the
> >     bottom and Emacs does a redisplay.
>
> term should set this to zero.

Yes it should (currently, it doesn't).

> >   - `show-paren-mode': Pairs of "parens" are highlighted by default in
> >     *terminal*.  E.g. in aptitude dialogs like this:
> > 
> > 
> >                     +---------------------+
> >                     |Really quit Aptitude?|
> >                     |  [ Yes ]    [ No ]  |
> >                     +---------------------+
> > 
> >       
> >     the "parens" around "Yes" and "No" get highlighted if point is
> >     there.
>
> Why is that a problem?

This isn't a functional problem (but may irritate the user, dunno).