Whose bright idea was it to change gnome terminal (actually vte), so that spaces are no longer underlined?
$ echo -e '\e[4mHelp me\e[24m'
The two words get underlined, the space character does not.
Does anyone realize just how many terminal applications use underlines to visually indicate text-entry fields? Now, they all disappear, and everything looks like crap.
I can't think of any valid reason for this change in behavior, since xterm still gets it right -- the space character is underlined. I can't wait to hear what was the urgent reason for this change that uglifies so many existing terminal apps.
Sam Varshavchik wrote:
Whose bright idea was it to change gnome terminal (actually vte), so that spaces are no longer underlined?
$ echo -e '\e[4mHelp me\e[24m'
The two words get underlined, the space character does not.
Does anyone realize just how many terminal applications use underlines to visually indicate text-entry fields? Now, they all disappear, and everything looks like crap.
I can't think of any valid reason for this change in behavior, since xterm still gets it right -- the space character is underlined. I can't wait to hear what was the urgent reason for this change that uglifies so many existing terminal apps.
I wouldn't assume it was a deliberate decision. File a bug report.
Rahul
Around 12:29am on Sunday, July 01, 2007 (UK time), Rahul Sundaram scrawled:
I wouldn't assume it was a deliberate decision. File a bug report.
Rahul, you take all the fun out of assuming the worst and slagging off people who create free software for us.
Steve
Sam Varshavchik <mrsam <at> courier-mta.com> writes:
The two words get underlined, the space character does not.
Konsole gets it right. (KDE 3.5.7).
On the other hand, KDE 4.0 Alpha 2 (3.91.0)'s Konsole doesn't underline anything at all. :-( I guess I'll have to file a bug report.
Kevin Kofler
Kevin Kofler writes:
Sam Varshavchik <mrsam <at> courier-mta.com> writes:
The two words get underlined, the space character does not.
Konsole gets it right. (KDE 3.5.7).
On the other hand, KDE 4.0 Alpha 2 (3.91.0)'s Konsole doesn't underline anything at all. :-( I guess I'll have to file a bug report.
Correct, presuming Konsole sets TERM=xterm. It's theoretically possible -- but rather unlikely -- that Konsole would have its own TERM setting, with a different escape sequence for underlined text.
Sam Varshavchik <mrsam <at> courier-mta.com> writes:
Correct, presuming Konsole sets TERM=xterm. It's theoretically possible -- but rather unlikely -- that Konsole would have its own TERM setting, with a different escape sequence for underlined text.
It uses TERM=xterm. The KDE 4 alpha is just buggy. It works fine in 3.5.7.
Kevin Kofler
I filed this against KDE 3.91.0's Konsole: http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=147432
Have you filed a bug against gnome-terminal?
Kevin Kofler
Kevin Kofler writes:
I filed this against KDE 3.91.0's Konsole: http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=147432
Have you filed a bug against gnome-terminal?
Yes, against vte, actually, in Gnome's bugzilla.
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