Re: Debian 9 stretch screen flicker on w3m and command line applications

From	davidson <davidson@freevolt.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Debian 9 stretch screen flicker on w3m and command line applications
Date	2017-12-15 07:30 +0100
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On Fri, 15 Dec 2017, davidson wrote:

> On Thu, 14 Dec 2017, josh cha wrote:
>
>> How do i fix screen flickering while scrolling and pressing down
>> buttion?  While im on my command-line applications like w3m?
>> 
>> I notice screen flickering while scrolling on down button. its a
>> problem since stretch release.
>
> Does this happen all the time, or only occasionally?

I ask this question because I have noticed a similar issue (a terminal
flickering phenomenon that I first noticed after upgrading to
stretch), but it only occurs after I've resized a terminal (xterm)
while running a certain application (lynx) in the foreground. (I don't
use w3m.)

My workaround is to put the offending application (lynx in my case) in
the background before resizing its terminal, and not to bring it back
into the foreground without first restoring the terminal to its
original size.

Or, when using the affected application within a terminal multiplexer
like GNU screen, there are other workarounds available. (Namely, to
keep windows running applications susceptible to flickering-on-resize
hidden, until the terminal is restored to its original size.)

Basically, if OP's problem is the same problem I have noticed, the key
to avoiding it seems to be this: Never make the affected application
adapt itself to a resized terminal.

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Debian 9 stretch screen flicker on w3m and command line applications josh cha <jcha508@gmail.com> - 2017-12-14 21:00 +0100
  Re: Debian 9 stretch screen flicker on w3m and command line  applications davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2017-12-15 01:00 +0100
    Re: Debian 9 stretch screen flicker on w3m and command line  applications davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2017-12-15 07:30 +0100

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