Re: wterm issues - rxvt not

[RVP <rvp%SDF.ORG@localhost>]

On Tue, 21 Jul 2026, Riccardo Mottola wrote:

> I installed wterm on 11RC6 just because it looks nice with windowmaker. AFAIK 
> it is rxvt derivative.
>
> However, I discovered that wterm doesn't work properly: it comes up, but no 
> prompt no text echo, just a cursor. I type in wildly. Then, if I make it 
> loose focus and regain it by clicking around, it updates. If I run htop, I 
> notice it doesn't update properly either.
>
> rxvt, however, works properly.
>
> Can you reproduce the issue too?

Yes, but, this looks like a wterm issue. It doesn't look like its handling all
X events correctly. From running xev(1), it looks like it's not handling
anything apart from VisibilityNotify events.

Tried under twm, evilwm and fvwm3.

-RVP