Bug#973941: Pasted text looks same as cursor
On 2020-11-08 06:53 +0800, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:
> Package: xterm
> Version: 361-1
> Severity: minor
>
> Lately when we paste with SHIFT+INSERT, the pasted text is in reverse
> video.
I presume you are using bash which added this feature in version 5.1, in
zsh it has been available for a few years.
> That's great, but that is the same color as our cursor, which "gets
> lost" due to it.
This can be irritating at first, although I have gotten used to it.
> So perhaps make the text a different color.
>
> (I'm using
> https://www.jidanni.org/comp/configuration/.Xresources
> https://www.jidanni.org/comp/configuration/ etc. settings.)
I have not looked at your settings, but xterm has command options and
resources to change the color of either the cursor or selected text.
>From the manpage:
,----
| -cr color
| This option specifies the color to use for text cursor.
| The default is to use the same foreground color that is
| used for text. It sets the cursorColor resource according
| to the parameter.
|
| -hm Tells xterm to use highlightTextColor and highlightColor
| to override the reversed foreground/background colors in a
| selection. It sets the highlightColorMode resource to
| “true”.
|
| -selbg color
| This option specifies the color to use for the background
| of selected text. If not specified, reverse video is
| used. See the discussion of the highlightColor resource.
|
| -selfg color
| This option specifies the color to use for selected text.
| If not specified, reverse video is used. See the
| discussion of the highlightTextColor resource.
`----
You might want to play with these options until you find some color
combination that suits you.
Cheers,
Sven
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