[Tcsh] New issue with xterm-404

H.Merijn Brand tux at freedom.nl
Wed Dec 3 08:35:45 UTC 2025


Verified against xterm-403, building both with the same arguments on
the same system, so I think this is an xterm issue, and not a tcsh
issue, but I like you to know anyway

Linux 6.4.0-150600.23.78-default [openSUSE Leap 15.6]
  HP Z2TowerG9WorkstationDesktopPC
  13th Gen Core(TM) i7-13700K 800MHz(24 cores) x86_64  64008 Mb

Config call for xterm:
$ configure --prefix=/pro --with-x --with-Xaw3dxft --disable-imake \
  --enable-256-color --enable-wide-chars --disable-tek4014 \
  --enable-vt-fonts --enable-tcap-fkeys --with-pcre2 \
  --enable-readline-mouse --enable-dabbrev --with-icon-name=mini.xterm \
  --with-icondir=auto --with-icon-symlink --enable-sixel-graphics \
  --enable-builtin-xpms --enable-luit --enable-mini-luit \
  --enable-regis-graphics --enable-status-line

Config call for tcsh:
$ configure --prefix=/pro

If I start 404 with a tcsh in a black on very-light terminal,
completion often blanks out the auto-display, making the tcsh unworkable

$ xterm-404
...
$ exec tcsh
% touch /tmp/Download/xx{1,2,3,4}_foo
% mv /tmp/xx<TAB>

clears the whole line from the prompt forward
is this a tcsh issue or a xterm issue?
tcsh does *NOT* show that behavior in xterm-403

--- resources:
�� tcsh --version
tcsh 6.24.16 (Astron) 2025-07-09 (x86_64-unknown-linux) options wide,nls,vi,kan,sm,rh,color,ccat,filec,procura

�� xrdb -query | grep -i xterm
XTerm*SimpleMenu*borderColor:   #ac0000
XTerm*SimpleMenu*borderWidth:   4
XTerm*VT100*backarrowKey:       True
XTerm*VT100*color0:     Black
XTerm*VT100*color1:     #ac0000
XTerm*VT100*color10:    Green2
XTerm*VT100*color11:    Yellow2
XTerm*VT100*color12:    Blue2
XTerm*VT100*color13:    Magenta2
XTerm*VT100*color14:    Cyan3
XTerm*VT100*color15:    White
XTerm*VT100*color2:     Green4
XTerm*VT100*color3:     Yellow4
XTerm*VT100*color4:     Blue4
XTerm*VT100*color5:     Magenta4
XTerm*VT100*color6:     Cyan4
XTerm*VT100*color7:     Gray90
XTerm*VT100*color8:     Black
XTerm*VT100*color9:     Red2
XTerm*VT100*colorBD:    Green4
XTerm*VT100*colorBDMode:        True
XTerm*VT100*colorMode:  True
XTerm*VT100*colorUL:    Blue4
XTerm*VT100*colorULMode:        True
XTerm*VT100*deleteIsDEL:        True
XTerm*VT100*dynamicColors:      True
XTerm*VT100*faceName:   DejaVu Sans Mono,Noto Color Emoji
XTerm*VT100*faceSize:   11
XTerm*VT100*faceSizeIncr:       1
XTerm*VT100*faceSizeMax:        48
XTerm*VT100*faceSizeMin:        3
XTerm*VT100*geometry:   80x35
XTerm*VT100*translations:       #override Ctrl <Btn4Down>: scroll-back(1,halfpage) \n Shift <Btn4Down>: scroll-back(1,page) \n Lock Ctrl <Btn4Down>: scroll-back(1,halfpage) \n Lock @Num_Lock Ctrl <Btn4Down>: scroll-back(1,halfpage) \n @Num_Lock Ctrl <Btn4Down>: scroll-back(1,halfpage) \n <Btn4Down>: scroll-back(10,line) \n Ctrl <Btn5Down>: scroll-forw(1,halfpage) \n Shift <Btn5Down>: scroll-forw(1,page) \n Lock Ctrl <Btn5Down>: scroll-forw(1,halfpage) \n Lock @Num_Lock Ctrl <Btn5Down>: scroll-forw(1,halfpage) \n @Num_Lock Ctrl <Btn5Down>: scroll-forw(1,halfpage) \n <Btn5Down>: scroll-forw(10,line)
XTerm*VT100*trimSelection:      True
XTerm*backarrowKeyIsErase:      True
XTerm*background:       Gray96
XTerm*cursorColor:      OrangeRed
XTerm*encoding: UTF-8
XTerm*foreground:       Black
XTerm*icon_name:        mini.xterm
XTerm*on2Clicks:        regex [^ \n*\043\047`|@#:;& ]+
XTerm*on3Clicks:        regex [^ \n*\043\047`]+
XTerm*on4Clicks:        regex [^ \n]+
XTerm*on5Clicks:        line
XTerm*rightScrollBar:   True
XTerm*saveLines:        5000
XTerm*scrollBar:        True
XTerm*utf8:     1
Xamen*term:     xterm
xterm*backarrowKeyIsErase:      True
xterm*locale:   True
xterm*scrollbar.background:     LightSteelBlue


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