Re: Strange "1;2600;0c" sequence in startup (message-mode?)

[Jesse Sheidlower]

In article <8739l51gce.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org>,
David Kastrup  <dak@gnu.org> wrote:
>jester@panix.com (Jesse Sheidlower) writes:
>
>> I have recently been seeing a strange sequence of characters when I
>> start Emacs up to send a message, either when sending a new message,
>> or replying to an existing one. I believe that this started when I
>> began to use message-mode. Typically it will be "1;2600;0c", inserted
>> at the start of a message, but I have noticed other numbers close to
>> "2600" in the middle section.
>
>This looks similar to cursor positioning control sequences.  Are you
>using Emacs on a character terminal rather than in graphical mode?

Yes, I am--when this happens I'm ssh'd into a Unix shell, and am
interacting with Emacs there, not in an X display.

Er, so what does this mean in terms of trying to fix it? It's a
relatively new phenomenon.

Jesse Sheidlower