FS#23066 : GNU Screen stops colouring hardstatus text after 16 colour changes

FS#23066 - GNU Screen stops colouring hardstatus text after 16 colour changes

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Joe (n3hima) - Sunday, 27 February 2011, 14:32 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Monday, 14 March 2011, 13:43 GMT

Task Type	Bug Report
Category	Packages: Extra
Status	Closed
Assigned To	Allan McRae (Allan)
Architecture	All
Severity	Low
Priority	Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version	Undecided
Due Date	Undecided
Percent Complete
Votes	0
Private	No

Details

Description:
In GNU screen, when changing the colour of the hardstatus text in .screenrc, screen stops changing the colour after 16 colour changes.

For example, using this line:
hardstatus alwayslastline "%{= kw} %=%{= wb}%4`%{-} %{=b }%10`%{-}%{= }rpm%{-} %{=b kG}%11`%{-}%{= kG}C%{-} %{=b }%9`%{-}%{= }rpm%{-} %{=b kY}%5`%{-}%{= kY}C%{-} %{= Yk}%6`%{-} %?%3`x%?%{=b cW}%2`%{-}%{= cW}GHz%{-} %{=b gW}%7`%{-}%{= gW}GB,%{-}%{=b gW}%8`%{-}%{= gW}%%%{-} %Y-%m-%d %0c:%s"
The colour stays fixed on %{=b kY}, which is the 16th colour change.

That line is taken from the attached .screenrc, and a screenshot is provided of the result.

This behaviour also occurs with the screen-firstline PKGBUILD from the AUR, which includes Debian patches.

This behaviour does *not* occur with the 4.01.00devel (GNU066b098) version pulled in by the screen-git PKGBUILD from the AUR.

Additional info:
* Screen version 4.00.03 (FAU) 23-Oct-06
* .screenrc and screenshot attached

Steps to reproduce:
1. Install GNU Screen from extra repository.
2. Create a hardstatus with more than 16 colour changes (or copy the one above)
3. Observe as 17th, 18th etc. colour changes are not carried out.