hardstatus coloring broken in 4.1.0~2012… when using %= padding

[Curtis Lee Bolin]

I use hardstatus string with screen, but the newest version in Trusty breaks it (Screen version 4.01.00devel (GNU) 2-May-06). It works fine in Saucy (Screen version 4.00.03jw4 (FAU) 2-May-06) and earlier.

My ".screenrc":
    hardstatus alwayslastline
    hardstatus string "%{= kg}[ %{r}%H %{g}][%{b}%= %{=kw}%?%-Lw%?%{r}(%{w}%n*%f %t%?(%u)%?%{r})%{b}%?%+Lw%?%?%= %{g}][%{y}%Y.%m.%d %{w}%c:%s %{g}]"

I'll attach images of it working in Saucy and broken in Trusty.

Thank You For Your Time

[Curtis Lee Bolin (curtisleebolin)]

This is it working properly in a lxc of Saucy.

[Curtis Lee Bolin (curtisleebolin)]

This is it broken in Trusty. I am on the 3 screen.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Axel Beckert (xtaran)]

Can you please reduce the example to a minimal .screenrc which reproduces the issue?

From the screen shots I'm not sure what difference is really unwanted and which is just from a different window being currently on top of the stack. Both look reasonable to me.

[Axel Beckert (xtaran)]

Ok, I think I found the difference: The current window on top should be highlighted, but the highlight sometimes has a few characters offset to the actual text.

[Axel Beckert (xtaran)]

The (close to) minimal hardstatus line to reproduce this issue is "%{k}%=%-w%{r}[%n %t]%{k}%+w%="

[Axel Beckert (xtaran)]

It already has been reported upstream at https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=32339

[Curtis Lee Bolin (curtisleebolin)]

Thanks Axel. You are ten steps ahead of me.
On Dec 4, 2013 4:20 PM, "Axel Beckert" <email address hidden> wrote:

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[Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e)]

Renders essential features or functionality of the package (or a dependent one) broken.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package screen - 4.2.1-3

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screen (4.2.1-3) unstable; urgency=low

  * Cherry-pick 7d8fd3ad from upstream to fix segfaults with full screen
    text-mode applications and altscreen on (Closes: #681572)
  * Cherry-pick 8ffd5f46 from upstream to fix caption/hardstatus color
    rendering errors (Closes: #731388, LP: #1257895)
  * Add a very simple TAP-based DEP8 test suite under debian/tests/t.
  * Change Vcs-Browser header to new cgit web interface.
  * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.6 (no changes needed)
  * Add lintian overrides for configure-generated-file-in-source as
    config.{log,status} are listed in debian/clean.

 -- Axel Beckert <email address hidden> Thu, 09 Oct 2014 03:19:07 +0200