Re: [Bugfix] Characters disappearing in gfxterm

[BandiPat <magicpage91@earthlink.net>]

Vesa Jääskeläinen wrote:
> phcoder wrote:
>> Hello. I've run into the bug that when editing menu entry in gfxterm
>> characters disappear after cursor moves away from its position. Here is
>> bugfix
> 
> I don't think this is a clean fix:
> 
>> Index: term/gfxterm.c
>> ===================================================================
>> --- term/gfxterm.c	(revision 1974)
>> +++ term/gfxterm.c	(working copy)
>> @@ -744,6 +744,8 @@
>>    /* Render cursor to text layer.  */
>>    grub_video_set_active_render_target (text_layer);
>>    grub_video_fill_rect (color, x, y, width, height);
>> +  if (! show)
>> +    write_char ();
>>    grub_video_set_active_render_target (GRUB_VIDEO_RENDER_TARGET_DISPLAY);
>>  
>>    /* Mark cursor to be redrawn.  */
> 
> It is not designed to work in there. I think modifying this needs
> logical level approach and not ad hoc fix.
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Has there been any further work done on the disappearing characters in 
gfxterm?  I know you guys had looked at it, but the last word was it was 
not fixed yet.  I understand it's not a priority, but a fix would help 
in me getting the devs for Zenwalk to approve it's use in the next 
release version.

Also, do you intend to release another stable version soon?  As I watch 
the progress of Grub2, I continue to see a good program get even better, 
so using svn is fine for me!  You've added so much since the 1.96 
release though, it just seems another stable release is past due. 
Continue the great work you're doing though, as good software never 
truly gets finished!

Thanks,
Pat


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