Re: [vile] Here is the file which demonstrates the insert bug

[Thomas Dickey]

On Wed, 23 Apr 2008, Chris G wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 03:18:02PM +0100, Chris G wrote:
> > > I can't get it to hang, but I did find a possibly-related bug: if I
> > > enter non-ASCII codes (in uxterm, locale en_US.UTF-8), inserting into
> > > the quoted area, the insertion point jumps to the end of the line
> > > about the point where the (folded) line is pushed to the right-margin.
> > >
> > > Here's a "before":
> > > <                          <li><a href="ìììììììììììììììììììì">Pictures</a></li>
> > > ...and the "after":
> > > <                          <li><a
> > > <                          href="íííííííííííííííííííí">Pictures</a></li>í
> > >
> > > ( So there's something I can investigate ;-)
> >
> > I have just tried it on my work system, fedora 7, and it happens just
> > the same there too.  I also tried in an xterm, still the same.
> Further I have just downloaded and built vile 9.5 and that doesn't
> have the bug.  I'll try an unpatched 9.6.

That might be worse: the bug that I can see is going to be due to one
of the multibyte adjustments.  There's a place in the code where (if
the adjustment isn't right), the cursor will jump to the end of the line.
I've fixed a couple of those since 9.6

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