On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 09:01:51PM +0000, nia wrote: > On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 11:55:24PM +0300, Valery Ushakov wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 20:17:10 +0000, Nia Alarie wrote: > > > > > Module Name: src > > > Committed By: nia > > > Date: Mon Jul 26 20:17:10 UTC 2021 > > > > > > Modified Files: > > > src/lib/libcurses: curses_standout.3 > > > > > > Log Message: > > > The BUGS sections is incorrect again for "modern" terminals. > > > > > > For example, wscons and xterm both display standout differently to bold. > > > > Please, revert. The bugs section need to be changed to caveats (it's > > not a bug, if it's by design) and fixed, not removed, as the sitution > > it warns about is still very much pertinent. The fact that xterm > > chose to use A_REVERSE video instead of A_BOLD is just an irrelevant > > detail. > > > > -uwe > > Suggested wording? I was thinking: > > "Some modern terminals may display characters with the standout > attribute set identically to those with the bold or reverse attribute > set."
... A note that some legacy terminals may _only_ support standout is probably pertinent too, given the discussion that spawned this.
