On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, Werner LEMBERG wrote: (replying to MK) - > > The only attribute where this principle might be problematic > > visually is the background colour, which groff probably should not > > touch for that reason. Background colour changes would not affect > > the space between the last graphic character of a line and the right > > margin. > > It's not clear to mean what you mean exactly. Please explain. For > example, > > ^[[41mThis is > red background^[[49m > > if sent to xterm (`-version' gives `XFree86 4.0(129)' for me) doesn't > fill the first line up to the right margin with red background. Only > `less -R' does. Which one is the correct behaviour?
some terminals do, some don't (fill the remainder of the line). There's no standard that says what should happen. -- T.E.Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net - Linux-UTF8: i18n of Linux on all levels Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-utf8/
