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Date:      Fri, 18 Oct 2002 20:15:11 +0400
From:      "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
To:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        ru@FreeBSD.ORG, arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: color, again, in grotty
Message-ID:  <20021018161511.GA12504@nagual.pp.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20021018.094801.123456703.imp@bsdimp.com>
References:  <20021017.101833.110719994.imp@bsdimp.com> <20021018095026.GA3386@sunbay.com> <20021018.094801.123456703.imp@bsdimp.com>

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On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 09:48:01 -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> 
> I know that there sre terminals for which the SGR sequences screw
> things up.  I had to deal with a raft of Televideo terminals back in

Moreover, output device can be not terminal (f.e. printer).

> : 2.  Stay compatible with the new standard (11 years old ANSI std).
> :     This means we fix syscons(4) so that it renders "underscore"
> :     distinguishable from "bold", and change the default pager to

We can't "fix" syscons without making bold the same like some other
attribute or color. Current underline mapping is added for compatibility
only, it not means to be used at all, i.e. if you check cons25 termcap
entry, there is no underline. So think like underline not exist at all, so 
can't be fixed by definition.

-- 
Andrey A. Chernov
http://ache.pp.ru/

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