Entire Window Flashing

[swindlesmccoop]

I'm not sure how to describe it, so I just recorded a video: https://youtu.be/yufWiBUPYg8
I'm using DWM on X11 on OpenBSD. This is inside of a VirtualBox virtual machine as well. Not sure if the same error persists on real hardware, no current way to test.

[andmarti1424]

It probably has something to do with the X11 or ncurses on that particular system. Could you please test it outside X? And/or with another graphics card on the VM?

[idr4n]

I just installed sc-im manually on macOS Ventura 13.1 following the instructions and I am facing the same behavior. I didn't get any errors when installing though.

[swindlesmccoop]

It probably has something to do with the X11 or ncurses on that particular system. Could you please test it outside X? And/or with another graphics card on the VM?

Yeah, I tested it outside of X and...it kinda just doesn't work. Not sure how to describe it but it should be in an entirely different issue. However, there was no flashing, so that's a plus.

[andmarti1424]

@swindlesmccoop what does not work?
if you dont get the flashing on X then it has something to do with your X, the WM or the virtual terminal..

[swindlesmccoop]

Yeah, I've resolved the flashing issue. However, the software itself simply does not seem to work properly. I haven't finished my testing but when I do, I'll make a new issue since it's entirely separate.

[renjub]

@swindlesmccoop, How did you resolve the flashing issue? I am facing same issue in CentOs

[swindlesmccoop]

I resolved the flashing issue by going to a TTY. It's some kind of terminal or WM issue that I haven't diagnosed yet.

[hymie0]

Just want to say that I am seeing the same issue on my freshly-updated copy sc-im in my X session.

So far I've determined that the "blink" commands in tui.c and file.c are not the problem.

The tags/0.8.1 version works correctly , but the tags/v0.8.2 (and beyond) version blinks.

That's where I'm stuck.

[Amooti73]

I have the same issue, but since I just wanted to convert a csv to an sc file, I could do it in spite of the flashing. However, I proceeded to try sc-im on kitty and there was no flashing. This is on openbsd 7.2 with dwm.

[bartenbach]

Seeing this exact same problem!

Edit: Well, cheap solution for gnome-terminal is to go to settings and disable blinking text. I don't really know why I would need that anyway.