On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 08:10:14PM +0100, Jindrich Makovicka wrote: > Package: aalib > Version: 1.4p5-30 > > Hi, > > the attached patch makes the aacurses driver use black on black + bold > for the "dim" letters instead of the dim attribute, if the color is > available on the terminal. The reason is that A_DIM is ignored by linux > console and most of the X terminals I am aware off, and linux console
"A_DIM is ignored" is backwards (for X terminals). The terminal description for those do not state that the terminal supports the feature. Masking in A_DIM will fail for the same reason that attempting to use color on a monochrome terminal will fail. For Linux console - whether "dim" is actually implemented appears to depend on the configuration (and fonts ;-). Drawing black-on-black is guaranteed to be nonportable. Writing a terminal description that corresponds to the particular configuration that you are attempting to support is the way to go. > also reports that this attribute is supported, while rendering it the > same way as normal color. With this patch, all (3) levels of brightness > can be successfully utilized on the console :) > > Regards, > -- > Jindrich Makovicka -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net
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